AT the expiration of the seven day Ultimatum given to them by the Senate to submit their audited accounts, eighteen out of the twenty five agencies of government have neither presented them nor written to explain the rationale for the non submission.

 ABUJA – PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Thursday reiterated that the Senate will only deal with the board members of the  Delta Development Commission, NDDC  it screened and confirmed this month.

By Omeiza Ajayi The Niger Delta Youth Council NDYC and the Coalition of Niger Delta People with Disabilities have commended the Senate for urging President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately swear in the recently confirmed Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) ahead of the Commission’s budget defence at the upper chamber. This was as the […]

Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) and Coalition of Niger Delta Peoples with Disabilities have commended the Senate for demanding the inauguration of Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) ahead of the Commission’s budget defence.

Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Goodwill Akpabio has said that that forensic audit of the activities of the  Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was necessary to uncover the alleged illegalities that had taken place there.

Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Goodwill Akpabio has said that that forensic audit of the activities of the  Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was necessary to uncover the alleged illegalities that had taken place there.

By Perez Brisibe NATIONAL president of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Eric Omare, has asked the National Assembly to disregard any approval request from the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, stressing that any move by the lawmaker to approve such request contravenes section 18 of the NDDC act of 2000 which […]

The Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District, Senator Chris Ekpenyong, has advised the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to avoid unnecessary distractions and use his tenure to address the challenges confronting the Niger Delta region.

STRONG indications have emerged that intrigues and gameplay within and outside the Niger Delta region as regards the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC may have contributed to the delay in the presentation of the agency’s 2019 Budget Proposal to the National Assembly.

YENAGOA- THe 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, yesterday, threatened to carry out mass protest and shut down the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, if after seven days,  government refused to inaugurate the governing board duly confirmed by the Senate

PRESIDENT of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Mr Pereotubo Oweilaemi, in this interview, faults the directive of Senate President Ahmed Lawan to the newly confirmed Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, board to take over the affairs of the interventionist agency from the Interim Management Committee, IMC, saying the order was suspicious and amounts to usurpation of executive powers. Excerpts:

Going by the pronouncement of Senate President Ahmed Lawan, penultimate Tuesday, the Dr. Pius Odubu-led 15-man Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Board, confirmed November 5 by the Senate, would have since taken over the interventionist agency from the Interim Management Committee, IMC, but 10 days after, it is palpable that something is amiss.

A group, the All Progressive Cultural Club, APCC, Thursday, kicked against the Interim Management Committee board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, appointed by the Minister for Niger Delta, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, describing the composition of the board as illegal and disheartening

THE Nigerian Senate last week concluded the screening and confirmation of the presidential nominees to the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The highlight of the exercise was the advice by the   Senate urging members of the new Board to assume duties immediately.

But for his shrewd intervention, the 3-man interim Committee inaugurated by the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio to oversee the affairs of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, would have been dissolved by now.