In fulfilment of its promise to stage a protest to demand the appointment of a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has commenced the process of occupying the Niger Delta region. In Bayelsa State, the IYC Worldwide shut down the Bayelsa office of the NDDC and equally blocked the Mbiama-axis of the East-West road for a protest that caused gridlock for several hours. A massive crowd of IYC members, with IYC flags, was said to have stopped traffic along the ever-busy East-West Road causing serious gridlock. The Yenagoa office of the