PORT HAR-COURT— CONTRACTORS handling projects for Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have kicked against the marching order from the commission to return to site within 30 days.

Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, and the Community Liaison Officer of Delta State secretariat building project of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Warri, Prime Mike Okumagba, has assured the commission of the community’s cooperation in ensuring the completion of the project.

Executive Director, Project, of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Samuel Adjogbe, has stated that the commission was moving away from the era of failed shore protection projects to constructing motorable roads to link the riverine communities in the region.

Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commenced an internal anti-graft war to rid the commission of corrupt elements.

Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has taken steps to redress the plights of its overseas scholarship students with payment of their fees and upkeep allowances.

It certainly did not come as a surprise to many watchers of the Niger Delta Development Commission,NDDC, penultimate week, when the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, lambasted the agency for always having the penchant for wasting scarce resources on extravagance at the expense of developing the squalor-ridden region.

MANAGING Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has advised the people of oil-producing communities in Akwa Ibom State and the entire Niger Delta region to key into the new vision proposed by the Federal Government for the transformation of the region.

Crisis is looming in Egbema Kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, as the people of the area have given Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, a 21-day ultimatum to kick-start all abandoned projects in their communities.

Oil Producing communities in Ondo state have alleged unfair distribution of posts in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has redeployed 11 directors to different offices and directorates to boost its performance in the development of the Niger Delta.

NIGER Delta youths have expressed support for dialogue to end hostilities in the region.

NIGERIA Extractive Indus-tries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), yesterday, said that N7.4 billion allocated to member states of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for grass root development could not be accounted for, while twenty two of such projects valued at N1.19 billion were duplicated.

MANAGING Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has blamed poor governance for the inability to make substantial impact in the region with $40 billion expended in the region within a space of 10 years.

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will give full effect to the NDDC Act of 2,000 which established the interventionist agency in order to create synergy and achieve its core mandate of sustainable regional development.

A cross section of stakeholders from the oil communities of Imo State, yesterday, vowed that they would not remain silent should the Federal Government continue to delay the appointment of Imo State Commissioner for Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.