The Minister of Niger Delta Development, Abubakar Momoh, has assured governors of the oil-producing states that all ongoing and abandoned projects in the region would be completed, stating that the ministry would collaborate with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, towards achieving this. Momoh, an engineer, was responding to the appeal by the Delta State…
Uzodinma Signs MOU with NDDC for Roads
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have signed a Memorandum of understanding for the completion of three major road projects in Imo state. At the signing ceremony held at Government House, Owerri, Uzodinma commended the NDDC for its various interventions in the development of the Niger Delta…
NDDC Directs Rice Mill to Source Paddies From Local Farmers
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has charged Elephant Group, the firm operating its multi-million-naira rice mill at Elele-Alimini, in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, to integrate local farmers in the Niger Delta to be fully engaged in the production of paddies. NDDC Director Corporate Affairs, Ibitoye Abosede, said in a press release…
Rivers Govt Takes Back former NDDC Headquarters Building
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has formally returned the custody of its former headquarters building, Harold Dappa Biriye House, on Aba Road in Port Harcourt to the Rivers State Government. The handover took place on Wednedsay when the Sole Administrator of the Commission,Afiong Akwa, handed over the keys of the building to the Secretary…
We Are Committed to the Restoration of Niger Delta Ecosystem – NDDC Boss
The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Efiong Akwa, has said that the commission was committed to restoring the ecosystem of the Niger Delta for the benefit of the people of the Niger Delta region. Akwa, who spoke during a special programme in commemoration of this year’s World Environment Day, in Port…
Sack NDDC Sole Admin Now or We Shut Down Oil Facilities, Block Entry Points to Edo, Angry Youths Tell Buhari
Calls for Akpabio’s Resignation. [responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Angry youths in their hundreds on Friday threatened to shut down all oil installations in Edo State, as well as the East-west Road and other access roads to the state if the president, Muhammadu Buhari, did not sack the sole administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC whom…
Inaugurate Pius Odubu-led NDDC Board Now – HOSTCON Spokesman Urges Buhari
Recently, the national leadership of the Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCON, and other stakeholders from the 10 oil producing communities in the country held a meeting where they advocated the dissolution of the Interim Management Committee running the Niger Delta Development Commission where humongous corruption has been reported. In this interview with Adekunbi Ero, executive…
Police asks Wike to Turn in Nunieh
The police in Port Harcourt on Friday has asked Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to hand in former Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joi Nunieh. The Rivers Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, said the command had knowledge of the mission of the IGP monitoring unit that came to arrest Nunieh in…
Sack NDDC Interim Management Now – Itse Sagay tells Buhari
Insists forensic audit can be done under regular board. The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, (PACAC) Prof. Itse Sagay has suggested a clean sweep of the embattled management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, amidst the multi-billion naira scandal rocking the interventionist agency. Sagay, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, who described…
Dissolved NDDC Board set up to Ensure ‘Business as Usual’ – Alasoadura
…Says almost N3 trillion expended with no result The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs is upbeat about the dissolution of the erstwhile Pius Odubu-led board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Minister of State for the ministry, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, who accused some people he did not name of having rushed to constitute the…
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