Dr Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says members of the commission’s Governing Board are currently serving a four-year term. This he said was contrary to insinuation in some quarters that their term would end in 2024. Ogbuku made the clarification on Wednesday in Port …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has reaffirmed its commitment to regular engagement with critical stakeholders in driving the development process in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, stated this when a delegation of stakeholders from Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, paid him …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has urged youths in the Niger Delta to take advantage of the commission’s special training programme to acquire entrepreneurship skills. The Governing Board Chairman, Mr Chiedu Ebie, made the call at the inauguration of the NDDC Youth Internship Scheme in Port Harcourt on Monday. …
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Senators unanimously voted on Thursday to reject a bill seeking to establish the South-South Development Commission. The lawmakers after an extensive deliberation on the bill stood it down following stiff opposition from northern senators. Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, stepped down the bill when he sensed that the mood in …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has presented postgraduate foreign scholarship letters to 200 scholars from the Niger Delta region. Mr Chiedu Ebie, the Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, handed over the letters to the beneficiaries during a pre-departure ceremony in Port Harcourt on Saturday. Ebie, in a statement …
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With a mix of pride and nostalgia, I, Pius Ughakpoteni, announce my retirement as the Director of Corporate Affairs at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), effective June 26, 2024. I am deeply grateful to the Managing Director/CEO of the NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, for his astute leadership and for …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, appreciates the concerns expressed in some quarters over the plan to obtain credit lines of 1trillion Naira to fund the completion of on-going and new legacy projects of the Commission across the Niger Delta region. The Senate had in its wisdom approved the …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission has presented budget proposals of N1.911 trillion for 2024 to the Senate Committee on the NDDC. Presenting the proposals to the committee chaired by Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said the 2024 budget was anchored on the theme: “Budget of …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated the nine-kilometer Obehie-Okeikpe Road in Ukwa West Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia, which links Abia with Akwa Ibom. In a speech at the event, which took place at Obehie, the Executive Director (Projects) of the commission, Mr Victor Antai, said that …
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RIVERS State representative in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Tony Okocha, has disclosed the existence of over 953 abandoned projects in Rivers State. Okochja disclosed this during a recent session with traditional rulers in the state, where he affirmed that a 200 per cent increment in the 2024 budgetary …
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