It is an open secret that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state peacefully departed from this world in the early hours of Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Mr. Governor, aged 67, reportedly died after a prolonged health battle. Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), ex-president of the Nigerian Bar...
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The recent happenings (or developments) within the Niger Development Commission (NDDC) has further supported the age long leadership postulation that no organization was born with self-confidence. Rather, corporate ‘self-confidence’ is predicated on, and a function of successes and experience derived by the organization’s leadership from its operational environment....
By OLA MUDOPE, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said it is set to resume its Free Healthcare Programme which caters to the needs of rural communities, as part of the Commission’s commitment to enhance healthcare delivery to the people of the Niger Delta...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has re-stated its commitment to improve the credibility and quality of its projects across the Niger Delta region through effective project monitoring and supervision. Speaking during an interview with newsmen at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has said it would intensify its efforts to light up communities across the nine states of the Niger Delta, with solar-powered street lights, as part of measures to fight criminality and maintain peace in the region. Speaking...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has been described as a strategic intervention for the training of quality manpower to ensure the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Director, Education, Health and Social Services,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has said the Commission has completed some key development projects and will embark on massive commissioning across the Niger Delta region in 2024. Speaking during an interactive session with...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has distributed palliatives to flood-prone communities across the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State, as part of its efforts to mitigate the effects of flooding on the people of the state. Speaking during the handover of...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has urged management and staff of the Commission to pray that the development and prosperity of the Niger Delta region continues to flow from the interventionist agency. Ogbuku made the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and its Executive Management, have received the support of Rivers Chiefs in the task of urgently developing the various communities in the Niger Delta region. The support came during the week from the Ogu Divisional...
The Director of Corporate Affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Pius Ughakpoteni, was among those honoured by ThisDay Alumni Association at its First Annual Dinner in Abuja on Saturday.
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has presented award letters to 189 successful candidates for its 2023/2024 Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme. Making the presentation during a pre-departure and award ceremony in Port Harcourt, Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, commended the...
When an American author, Chris Fussell, wrote that “in any bureaucracy, there’s a natural tendency to let the system become an excuse for inaction,” he was not being sarcastic. He wrote with the conviction that stiff bureaucracy, like the Nigerian variant, is stultifying. The recent disclosure by the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has re-stated the commitment of the new leadership in the Commission to quickening the pace of development in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during a send-off party...
Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has assured that the Commission will continue to adopt measures to promote the use of clean energy as part of the solution to the global climate change challenge. Speaking in a live interview on ARISE Television, after...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, received a heartfelt birthday message from the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, in recognition of the senator’s unwavering commitment to the advancement and development of Nigeria, specifically the Niger Delta region....
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has warned Nigerians to beware of a fake social media account being used to deceive members of the public, claiming that Commission is registering people for an empowerment scheme in the nine states under its mandate. According...
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has expressed determination to embrace clean energy sources through practical approaches such as nature-based solutions and green innovations. Speaking during a side event at the Climate Change Conference, COP28 in Dubai, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said the Commission was leveraging on the key...
After all the bonhomie, backslapping and happily worded congratulatory messages, Chiedu Ebie should now be settling down at his working desk as chairman of NDDC. Success is celebrated in the public space but the sweat and work to achieve success is an arduous and lonely undertaking. And...
There exists a time-honored notion among management experts that for every given task, there is always a strategy to achieve the desired results. In planning, you may have more than one strategy which could be labeled as ‘Plan-A’ and ‘Plan-B’ or even more. Chiedu Ebie, Chairman of the newly...