Delta Ijaw APC Stakeholders, a bloc in the Delta branch of All Progressive Congress, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint an Ijaw indigene as South-South Development Commission managing director.

This is part of its resolution during a high-level meeting held on Wednesday in Warri, Delta, where members discussed issues affecting the people of Ijaw extraction at the APC Delta branch.

A copy of the resolution signed by Timi Coldman on behalf of the group on Thursday.

The stakeholders said appointing an Ijaw native to head the SSDC would compensate for the federal government appointment deficit facing Ijaw.

“As stakeholders and members of the APC family, we have resolved to continually push for the appointment of an Ijaw person for the position of the managing director of the South-South Development Commission (SSDC).

“This is to equate the appointment deficits confronting Ijaw people. We are therefore appealing to Mr President to consider our appeal and heed to our request for an Ijaw person to occupy that position,” the group said.

The stakeholders, comprising local government party chairpersons, women leaders, and national assembly members, also called for unity in APC’s Delta branch.

(NAN)