The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has said that inaugurating Advisory and Monitoring Committees for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) without a substantive board in place is akin to building a house without foundation.

Inaugurates Commission’s Advisory c’ttee By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said that about N3.7 billion cash and various assets worth billions of Naira have been recovered from contractors and former directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC by law enforcement agencies. President Buhari disclosed this while inaugurating the NDDC Advisory Committee, comprising the […]

By Eric Teniola PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo appointed Chief Godwin Eyarubere Omene, the first indigenous deputy Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, the first Managing Director of NDDC. Chief Omene is from Delta State. President Obasanjo also appointed Chief Onyema Ugochukwu (76) as the pioneer Chairman of NDDC. He is from Abia State. […]

Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy (VATLAD), a good governance advocate, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to be very wary of the antics of the South-South PDP governors over their clamour for the constitution Advisory Council of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). VATLAD in a statement signed by Comrade Engr Igbini Odafe Emmanuel, National […]

By Perez Brisibe THE Eric Omare led Ijaw Youth Council, IYC has described the move by the Federal Government to constitute and inaugurate the Advisory Board Committee for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, as a contradiction with a substantive board being in place. Head of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Niger […]