By Douglas Dodiyi-Manuel Following the series of agitations that gradually assumed a militarized dimension, the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration thought it imperative to transmutate what was then known as Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission (OMPADEC) to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with an interventional aim at human and infrastructural development, which has in […]
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Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta, has suspended the recruitment into the Niger Delta Development Council (NDDC). Akpabio in addition directed that all appointment letters, documentation, and all other processes connected to employment into the NDDC, be handed over. Aniete Ekong, the Chief Press secretary to Akpabio disclosed this. Reports reveal that Akpabio made […]
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Outspoken Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) has become a political institution where funds are used for political purposes. Governor Wike also started that the Federal Government deliberately refused to constitute the NDDC Governors Advisory Committee because majority of the South-South States are controlled by […]
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The recent payment of over N2 billion by the Professor Nelson Brambaifa-led Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to offset outstanding fees and stipends for its foreign post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries has been described as visionary and encouraging. A chieftain and stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, who gave […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of five new executives for National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Mr Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), made this known in a statement on Thursday […]
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Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has urged civil society organisations (CSOs) in the South-South to closely monitor contract award and execution by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Magu made the call in Port-Harcourt at an interactive session with CSO leaders in Rivers and Bayelsa states on […]
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Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Prof. Itse Sagay, has accused the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of being reckless with funds meant for development of the region. Sagay alleged that the commission recently bought 70 cars, including eight Super Lexus Jeeps at N78 million each and 10 Landcruisers, each costing N63 […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari will launch the Ogoni land clean-up on June 2, a statement has said. This is contained in a statement issued by Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, Head of Corporate Affairs unit, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt on Monday. It stated that the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, confirmed the date when she […]
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Auditor General of the Nigerian Federation, Samuel Ukura, affirmed that over N183 billion was missing from the accounts of the Niger Delta Development Commission despite officials of the Commission denying the report. The Auditor General made public the missing funds in a report he submitted to the National […]
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