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...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has alerted the public to the activities of fraudsters dangling fake contracts and forging the official website of the Commission. The Commission’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Ibitoye Abosede, said in a statement on Sunday, that the...
Dr Sam Ogbuku, Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, and Mrs Alanyingi Sylva, Wife of a former Governor of Bayelsa, are among the recipients of the 2023 Sylva Entertainment Award. Also honoured include Sen. Biobarakumo Degi, who represented Bayelsa East at the Senate in the past, a former Member of...
A group, the Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has called for collaboration between Governors in the region and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to accelerate development in the areas. Mr Kenedy Tonjo-West, National President MOSIEND made the call on Sunday...
Orji Uzor Kalu, the chief whip of the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, called on President Bola Tinubu to scrap the ministry of Niger Delta affairs, because it is tantamount to a duplication of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). As expected, the comment...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated relief materials to Aiyetoro, a coastal community in Ondo State recently ravaged by ocean surges. The relief materials were handed over by the Executive Director of Projects of the NDDC, Mr. Charles Ogunmola, who was accompanied...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is a federal agency established in 2000 to foster sustainable development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The region has abundant rich natural resources, but its people struggle with poverty, environmental decay, and social turmoil. Despite the hardships of the Niger Delta,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has added her voice to the worldwide campaign for equitable treatment for all, irrespective of gender. She spoke at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt on Monday during a...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr. Manman Ahmadu, has advised the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to always uphold professionalism in its procurement processes. Speaking on the topic: “Essentials of Public Procurement,” at the NDDC Board and Management Retreat at...
he Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has cautioned youths in the region to desist from drug abuse and cultism, describing them as twin evils that can destroy their future. The commission, which took its campaign against cultism and drug abuse to Rivers on Saturday, said youths in the Niger...
A group, under the aegis of National Transformation Movement, has called on Sen. Godswill Akpabio, to contest the office of the president, in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The group said that having gone through the six geopolitical zones of the country, Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom,...