NDDC Board: Why Okumagba must prove critics wrong — Emadamerho
By Clifford Ndujihe His take on controversies trailing the appointment of Olorogun Okumagba as the MD of NDDC Looking at the act that established NDDC, it is the turn of Delta State to produce the MD. President Buhari has done the right thing by appointing a great Deltan in the person of Olorogun Bernard Okumagba […]
N’Delta militants split over Akpabio, NDDC interim management
WARRI- MILITANTS in Niger Delta were at loggerheads on Monday , over the call to sack the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and disbanding of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, which he inaugurated recently.
NDDC: Leave Akpabio C’ttee alone, Lori-Ogbebor warns
Rights activist, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has warned against opposition to the Interim Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, inaugurated by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen Godswill Akpabio.
NDDC: South-South APC demands return of commission to Presidency
…..Says, Forensic auditing should commence with water hyacinth contract Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The All Progressives Congress APC in the South South has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to return the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF which is under the Presidency. The stakeholders […]
Group frowns at NDDC board nominees, calls for thorough investigation
The Ilaje Advocate for Positive Change (IAPC) from the oil-producing areas of Ondo state unite to inform the Senate committees on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Ethics & Privilege through their chairman Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and Senator Ayo Akinyelure about the activities of godfathers in the constitution of NDDC board.
FG repositioning Niger Delta for foreign Investors – Akpabio
Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on Sunday reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to repositioning the Niger Delta region to make it attractive to foreign investors. Akpabio, who stated this while receiving the Akwa-Ibom ex-agitators, who paid him a courtesy call in Abuja, said the government was determined to […]
NDDC Interim Management Committee, Buhari scores hat trick
Whenever you commend, add a compelling reason for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and the admiration of fools.” Richard Steele I do not like the present administration. I have never hidden my disdain for the manner in which the President Muhammadu Buhari led government has piloted the affairs of our motherland, in respect to the how state security apparatus under his watch are being used to harass journalists who are carrying out their constitutional duties, intimidating political opponents as well as the nosedive of the economy.
It’s abnormal to‘ve northerners on NDDC board- IPDI
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, Niger Delta ASABA- THE Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, a rights group, has described as strange the inclusion of Northern representatives on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying since North is not part of Niger Delta region, Federal Government should immediately delist them. National President of the group, […]
NDDC ‘owing’ Phantom Contractors over N3trn – Ojougboh, ED Projects
**Says, one Senator with over 300 contracts attacking C’ttee **10 Firms to handle Forensic Audit By Omeiza Ajayi The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has expressed its commitment to facilitating an efficient forensic audit of the Commission, lamenting that the NDDC is currently indebted to some phantom contractors to […]
Niger Delta youths commend NASS over screening of NDDC board
Wants SGF to oversee board By Dirisu Yakubu The Niger Delta Youth Council, NDYC, Friday lauded the National Assembly (NASS) for successfully screening the 16-member Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Council also advised government to inaugurate the board without delay insisting that the constitution of […]
NDDC: Forum of APC states’ Chairmen disowns call for Akpabio’s sack
The Forum of States Chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has distanced itself from media reports and advertorials calling for the sack of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, saying the body has nothing to do with the concocted publications.
Return NDDC back to Presidency – HOSCON
By Emma Amaize The Host Communities of Nigeria HOSCON, yesterday, demanded return of the Niger Delta Development Commission , NDDC, back to the Presidency from the Ministry of Niger Delta without further delay. HOSCON, led by Dr Mike Emuh, in a statement, claimed the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was desperate to hijack […]
APC chiefs asks Buhari to sack Akpabio for constituting NDDC committee
Festus Ahon – Asaba The state chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) on Friday described the decision of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to set up an Interim Management Committee for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), despite the appointment of a substantive board by the President Muhammadu Buhari as a […]
NDDC Audit: PANDEF urges government to publish list of contractors
…Inaugurates Delta exco with Darah as chairman By Jimitota Onoyume, Warri Pan Niger Delta Forum , PANDEF has called on the federal government to make public contractors that handled projects for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, at the end of its forensic audit of the commission, saying this will enable the region know those […]
NDDC: Akwa Ibom community commends Buhari for considering their son
DIFFERENT socio-cultural groups in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State and the South South wing of Buhari Support Group, (BSG) have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for considering Engineer Otobong Ndem, as a board member of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
NDDC: Setting up interim c’ttee, an aberration – Pere Luke
Second Vice Chairman of Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers, Pere of Akugbene Mien, Luke SP Kalanama VIII, has frowned on the setting up of an interim management committee for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen Godswill Akpabio, describing it as an aberration.
