By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Minister for Niger Delta Development (NDDC), Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to intensify its engagement with stakeholders in its efforts to develop the Niger Delta region. In a keynote address at the Two-Day Board and Management Retreat...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has re-affirmed the commitment of the Commission to assist security agencies operating in the Niger Delta region. Ogbuku stated this during two separate courtesy visits by the General Officer...
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 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 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), 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 – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has pledged to provide communities in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State with more impactful development projects. The representative of Abia State on the Board of the NDDC, Chief Eruba Dimgba, made the pledge...
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...
Former President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Atuboyedia Obianime, has said leaders of the Niger Delta region are satisfied with the leadership style of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku. Obianime disclosed this in Yenagoa on Friday while speaking to...
In the heart of Nigeria’s energy landscape, the resplendent Corporate Head Office of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) became a vibrant tapestry on a momentous Tuesday, October 10, 2023. It played host to the esteemed Management team from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), embarking...
As hosts to the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the Rivers State Government has once again shown that it is accommodating and understanding by providing the necessary platforms for the development of the Niger Delta region. On September 7, 2023, when the Minister of Niger...
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, says that the Commission is fast-tracking the construction work on the Oruma rigid pavement Road, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, to ensure its commissioning next month....
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...
In an era where transformative narratives are yearned for, the Niger Delta emerges as a beacon of hope, showcasing what can be achieved when vision aligns with action. The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), under the forward-thinking leadership of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, is setting an exemplary trajectory...
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,...