It is a pedestrian information that as part of effort by the President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government to achieve innovation driven development of Niger Delta region, the Barrister Chiedu Ebie led governing board and management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), at a well attended 2024...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says it will revive its 180 tonnes per day Rice Mill at Elele Alimini in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, as part of its efforts to ensure food security in the region. The NDDC Executive Director,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC,) says it is prepared to go into partnership with an indigenous cassava starch manufacturing factory in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State to create job opportunities for the youths. NDDC’s Executive Director, Projects, Sir Victor Antai, gave...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Chiedu Ebie, led other members of the board on a somber visit to the Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa at the presidential lodge of the Government House,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The World Health Organisation (WHO), has agreed to partner the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to implement a Health Insurance Project, as well as other health programmes that will benefit the people of the Niger Delta region. This was affirmed by the NDDC...
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 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...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has described the departed centenarian and patriarch of the Abegunde family as a trail blazer in his community in Akure, Ondo State. Ebie, who spoke during 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...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, has advised staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to guard against falling foul of anti-graft laws by keeping abreast of the relevant statutes guiding the conduct of public servants. The ICPC Zonal Commissioner for Rivers...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commenced oral interviews for over 1,050 candidates for its Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme. The interview process, spanning over eleven days, is for the candidates that were successful during a Computer-Based Test written by 5,000 applicants earlier...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has charged youths of the Niger Delta region, to embrace entrepreneurship as a springboard for sustainable development. Ogbuku, who made the call in his keynote address at the Ogbia...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has charged newly promoted Directors of the Commission to emphasise efficiency in the discharge of their duties. Ogbuku, who made the call during the Opening Session of a...
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...
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...
The recent naming of Barrister Chiedu Ebie as the board Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), by Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President Federal Republic of Nigeria, has again shown clearly that ordinary calculation can be upturned by extra-ordinary personalities. With the appointment, the ancient argument whether circumstance or...
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 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...