By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The British High Commission says it will explore partnerships with the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, with a focus on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure in the Niger Delta region. The Second Secretary (Political), British High Commission, Abuja, Mr. Hamish Tye,...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged to collaborate with the Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone Authority, OGFTZA, on the development of Industrial Parks in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, made the commitment...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has pledged to support young entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta region through targeted skill development initiatives to promote sustainable development. Speaking during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the Coalition of South-South Chambers of Commerce,...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday said Nigeria had no business being poor, having been blessed with enormous human and natural resources across the country. In a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday in Abuja, Tinubu assured Nigerians that...
By JOHN MAYAKI The urgent need for national attention to address the absence of development and the decay of infrastructure in the oil-rich Niger Delta region cannot be overstated. This is precisely why the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was established with the crucial mission of driving...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has given kudos to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-appointing Dr Samuel Ogbuku as the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Senator Diri expressed his appreciation when he received the Minister of Niger...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Minister of Niger Delta Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC for expanding the scope of the Okrika-Borokiri Road with three bridges connecting several communities to Port Harcourt. Speaking during a meeting with the Management and...
By JOHN MAYAKI In the embrace of a splendid Port Harcourt dawn, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters stood adorned in welcome, a mosaic of warmth and effusive hospitality. Yesterday marked a day when Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the acting Managing Director and CEO of the Commission,...
The appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to a fresh term in the newly announced governing board of the interventionist agency offers a few important lessons on how to manage opportunity and promise. Appointed first...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to all ongoing partnership talks with local and international entities aimed at accelerating the development of the Niger Delta region. Dr Ogbuku, who...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has embarked on a protest in Calabar, over the appointment of Asu Okang as the Commissioner representing the State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The protesters displayed placards...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has pledged to initiate projects and programmes to develop the capacity of women and youths in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during an interactive meeting with Women Leaders of Ethnic Nationalities and key stakeholders in...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has embarked on exploratory discussions with the development agencies of France and Germany to propel job creation and boost farmers’ productivity in the Niger Delta region. Driven by a commitment to advance sustainable development, the NDDC...
Desperation drives irrational thoughts and actions, even as some analysts see it as the raw material of drastic change. One thing is certain though, never underestimate the desperation of people bound by a common ulterior motive as they will stop at nothing to achieve their aim. It is...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-hacourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has signed an agreement with KPMG, a multinational business management consultancy firm, to provide advisory services to the Commission on global best practices in Corporate Governance culture and internal processes. Speaking during the signing ceremony...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has debunked reports alleging that it is owing its security workers over six months salaries. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Pius Ughakpoteni, made clarification in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday....
By BARBARA KALU, Uyo – Niger Delta Stakeholders have charged the Niger Delta Development Co to entrench collaboration and partnership in the development of the Niger Delta Region by holding quarterly Partners for Sustainable Development, PSD, forum for the various stages of its budgeting. This was part...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – Erstwhile Director of New Media at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Pius Oghenevwairhe Ughakpoteni, has been appointed the new Director, Corporate Affairs of the Commission, following the retirement of the outgoing Director, Dr. Ibitoye Abosede. A management expert and skillful writer with...
It is pedestrian knowledge that Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, recently constituted 134 standing committees in the green chamber where Ibori Suenu, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) member from Delta, was announced Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) committee. This announcement of standing Committees going...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – As part of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) which it adopted as its core policy to drive the development of the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas...