Forensic Audit: Buhari vows to recover stolen NDDC funds
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that the government will recover all the money stolen from the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, and that the culprits must face the law. The President also said that the concluded forensic audit of the Commission was being reviewed, with a view to recovering every […]
NDDC: Group wants immediate inauguration of substantive board
By Joseph Erunke – Abuja CONCERNED citizens under the auspices of Niger Delta Youth Council,NDYC, has reiterated its call for inauguration of the substantive board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The group said the need to inaugurate the board without delay was the “best way of putting an end to the crisis rocking the […]
Azogu-led OMPALAN refutes group’s claim over standing NDDC board awaiting Buhari’s inauguration
….says group sponsored to destabilize peace in Niger Delta region By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA- THE Oil and Solid Minerals Producing Landlords’ Association of Nigeria, OMPALAN, under the leadership of Bishop Udo Azogu Monday, refuted claims of a group called Coalition for the Restoration of Legality in the Niger Delta Development Commission, over claim on a […]
NDDC: N’Delta Ex militant, Adu, urges Buhari to inaugurate already screened board
Following several agitations from different interest groups across the region, Niger Delta Ex militant, General Solomon Adu has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the already screened NDDC Board for the interest of the Niger Delta region. The Senate had screened and confirmed Chief Pius Odubu, as Chairman, Chief Benard Okumagba, as Managing Director […]
NDDC forensic auditors to submit final report today
Baring last-minute alteration in the arrangement, the forensic audit firms, which carried out physical verification of projects execution and other activities of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, will submit the final audit report today.
NDDC BOARD: N’Delta Monarchs frown at Akpabio’s refusal to make forensic audit report public
By Festus Ahon Traditional Rulers from the Niger Delta Region, Wednesday, attacked the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio over his refusal to make public the report of the forensic audit into the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The monarchs who spoke separately, expressed disappointment that Akpabio failed to fulfill […]
NDDC needs a total paradigm reset
THE governance of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, must be totally reset to enable it deliver its core mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta.
NDDC: Balancing a lopsided equation
By Etim Ante You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by avoiding it today — Abraham Lincoln ORO Nation, one of the oil producing areas in Akwa Ibom State, nay Nigeria, is watching with undistracted interest the unfolding scenario in the latest appointment of an Oro-born renowned administrator, chartered accountant and lawyer of high repute, […]
PIB: Inaugurate NDDC board to douse tension, agitators tell Buhari, Akpabio
By Emma Amaize – Warri A coalition of agitators in Niger-Delta have urged the Federal Government to promptly inaugurate the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to quench rising anger in the oil states over the detestable manner the National Assembly treated their interests in the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. […]
Don’t limit NDDC board to party affairs, WCF warns
The Warri Consultative Forum(WCF) has cautioned politicians from Delta South Senatorial District against limiting the agitation for positions within the yet to be constituted Niger Delta Development Commission board NDDC to a party affair, noting that development of the region should be the priority Secretary of WCF Mr. Amaechi Ogbonna made this disclosure yesterday in […]
NDDC: Forensic auditors uncovered 12,128 abandoned projects— Akpabio
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that the interim reports from the ongoing forensic verification exercise of activities of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have uncovered over 12,128 abandoned projects in the region.
