Itsekiri groups protest, demand NDDC board chairmanship
A coalition of Itsekiri pressure groups, yesterday, took to major streets of Warri, Delta State, in protest, saying the chairmanship of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, board should be granted to the Itsekiri ethnic nationality as of right.
Niger Delta group vows to dump APC over delay in NDDC board inauguration
The Niger Delta Rescue Movement (NDRM) has vowed not to back the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections following the delay of President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The spokesman of NRDM, Jonathan Okwa, who disclosed this after its meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on […]
N100bn contract scam: Senate summons NDDC mgt
By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate has summoned the management of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over contracts scam put at N100 billion. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State-led Senate Committee on Public Accounts that is probing the NDDC, said it will personalize any refund that would be traceable to an […]
Senate summons NDDC mgt over alleged N100 billion contracts scam
THE Senate has summoned the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC over alleged contracts scam put at N100 billion.
How NDDC paid retired generals N698m for regional security without service delivery — Senate
By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate has raised the alarm on how the management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid retired generals for regional security surveillance of the agency’s projects without evidence of service delivery. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts uncovered the […]
N2trn debt: Contractors give NDDC 5-day ultimatum
By Henry Umoru – Abuja A group of indigenous contractors have given the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, five days ultimatum to pay the N2 trillion debt owed them. The contractors also vowed to organise protest simultaneously across the nine states of the Niger Delta and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, if their demands are […]
Debt: NDDC indigenous contractors give mgt 5-day ultimatum or face protest in 9 states, FCT
THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC indigenous contractors have given the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the NNDC Management a five-day ultimatum to pay off the over two trillion naira debt owed them.
Group Flay’s Femi Adesina’s commentary on Buhari and NDDC
Civil Society Organisation, Niger Delta Elders’ Forum (NDEF) has flayed Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, for his flawed position on NDDC which “exposes the administration’s continued disdain for the Niger Delta people.” In a statement by Chief Tonye Ogbogbula, National President of NDEF, the group stated that Adesina […]
Niger Delta group writes Buhari, vows to mobilise youths for protest over NDDC board
By Emem Idio, Yenagoa A Niger Delta group known as Project Niger Delta, PND, has vowed to mobilise youths across the region to protest following the continued delayed in the inauguration of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The group, made this known in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari and […]
Monarch urges FG to end illegality in NDDC, inaugurate board
Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area, His Majesty, Monday Arthur Whiskey Udurhie I, and a member of the reconstituted Delta State Traditional Council has called on the Federal Government to end the ongoing illegality of administering NDDC with a Sole Administrator, which is unknown to the NDDC Act, and inaugurate the […]
NDDC boss rejects entreaties to contest 2023 presidential race
By Etop Ekanem Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Sole Administrator, Dr. Efiong Akwa, has dismissed various entreaties enjoining him to join the forthcoming 2023 presidential race. Akwa, who turned down the entreaties at an occasion to celebrate the New Year Thanksgiving in Amamong, Okobo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, said he does not […]
