The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, UNIUYO, Professor Nyakudo Ndaeyo, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for reviewing its policy on foreign post-graduate scholarship programmes. Professor Ndaeyo spoke when the NDDC Interim Administrator, Mr. Efiong Okon Akwa, paid him a courtesy visit at UNIUYO Senate Chambers. He said that the previous […]
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Governor Godwin Obasekiof Edo state has reiterated the call for the restructuring of the Niger Delta Development Commission, stressing that such would drive the development of the South-South region. Obaseki had made the call during a meeting with the South-South Zone Working Committee of the People;s Democratic Party (PDP) at the Government House in Benin […]
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The minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has denied accusing members of the national assembly of benefiting from contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Recall that while appearing before a house of representatives committee probing an alleged mismanagement of N81.5 billion by the commission, the minister said national assembly members were […]
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The stories making the rounds, that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) cannot pay their Foreign Scholarship students due to the absence of an Executive Director of Finance and Administration (EDFA), following the death of Mr. Etang Ibanga, the former EDFA has been discovered to not have emanated from […]
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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has authenticated the list of contract beneficiaries released by Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs. Recall that the embattled Akpabio had named some federal lawmakers and former governors as beneficiaries of contracts awarded by the commission. Some of the lawmakers named as beneficiaries include: Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of […]
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The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says its attention has been drawn to the above subject of a newspaper report credited to the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee which recently investigated the alleged financial malfeasance in NDDC. The Ad-hoc Committee which had Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, All Progressives Congress, APC, Ekiti North […]
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The South-South Governors Forum on Thursday declared wholehearted support for the forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Forum, however, deplored, with great concern, the crisis rocking the commission and said that it was convinced and expecting that the audit would serve to put the NDDC on a […]
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Six staffs of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC have tested positive for the coronavirus infection. The commission disclosed this via its official Twitter handle on Monday 8th June. The NDDC said, the six persons were part of the 33 staff members in the Office of the Executive Director (Projects), Cairo Ojougboh, asked to self-isolate. […]
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If the news of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday 3rd June 2020, denying ever writing any letter for an extension of the tenure of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sani Ataba Omolori and other Staff is anything to go by, then one wonders why till date […]
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Investigation by senate committee on Niger Delta, has revealed that the minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, got a N300 million contract for the fencing of Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Akwa Ibom, (N200 million), and Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene (N100 million). Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the committee, said Akpabio got the contracts from the […]
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