Youths shut down NDDC hqtrs over Akwa’s alleged divide and rule tactics
By Egufe Yafugborhi PROTESTING youths, yesterday, shut down Port Harcourt, Rivers State headquarters of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over alleged divide and rule by the commission’s Sole Administrator, Effiong Akwa. The protesters, in their hundreds from Ibikalama, host community to the corporate head office of NDDC, besieged the premises, accusing Akwa of going behind […]
NDDC not created for Ijaw people alone, says IYC forum
By Iheamnachor Davies …Denies call for removal of Akwa, Akpabio Forums of Ijaw Youth Council has said that the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was not created for the people of the Ijaw group in the region alone, stating that the Commission was to cater for the development of all the groups in the […]
FG gets ultimatum to sack NDDC Sole Administrator, inaugurates board
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME Oil Mineral Producing Communities Traditional Rulers Association (OMPCOTRAS) has handed the federal government fourteen day ultimatum to reverse the appointment of an Interim Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and inaugurate the board that has been screened for the commission almost a year ago. The group in a statement […]
NDDC: Protests against sole administrator not in our best interest, IYC cautions
Ibibio Youth Council, IYC, the umbrella organization of all Ibibio youths in Akwa Ibom State has said that protests over the recent appointment of Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as the Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was not in the best interest of all the stakeholders in the region.
NDDC: Timi Frank commences legal action against FG over appointment of Sole Administrator
Political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank has instituted a case against the Minister of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC following his refusal to rescind its appointment of a Sole Administrator to pilot the affairs of the Commission. Frank, in a statement, had warned the […]
Senate okays N453.2bn NDDC budget, insists FG must constitute board
…Angry youths block East-West road over Sole Administrator appointment By Henry Umoru The Senate, yesterday, approved N453.2 billion as annual budget for Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for 2021 fiscal year. This was just as some youths in Niger Delta blocked the busy East-West road in protest over the appointment of a sole administrator for […]
Illegal, strange, sole administrator for NDDC unknown — Senate to Buhari
Passes N453.2 billion NDDC 2020 Budget Asks Buhari to forward NDDC 2021 Budget By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate on Monday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, describing his appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC as illegal and alien to the Act establishing the Commission. Speaking on […]
Senate passes N453.2 billion NDDC 2020 budget
By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate on Monday passed into law, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC’s N453,200,000,000 budget of 2020. The approved budget for the Commission covers the capital, personnel expenditure, Overhead Expenditure, Internal Capital Expenditure and Development Projects for the period ending on March 31, 2021. The passage of the budget was […]
Sole Administrator for NDDC is illegal and cannot be justified
The Niger Delta Renaissance Coalition, has again rejected the imposition of Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as the sole administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. In a statement sent to Vanguard, Comrade Damian Nwikinaka, National Chairman, insisted that Sole Administrator for NDDC is illegal and cannot be justified even by the Minister of Niger […]
Niger Delta youths rally support for Buhari’s decisions on NDDC
By Davies Iheamnachor Youth leaders from the Niger Delta have called on the people of the oil rich region to support President Muhammadu Buhari to reposition the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The body also decried the lack of unity in the region stating that it uncovered a plot by self-serving politicians to keep the […]
NDDC: N’Delta groups clash over interim administrator
By Emma Amaize TWO Niger- Delta groups, 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, 21st CYNDAC, and Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, are at each other’s throat over the appointment of former Executive Director, Finance and Administrator, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Effiong Akwa, as the Interim Administrator of the interventionist […]
Appointment of NDDC interim sole administrator is illegal, group tells Akpabio
The Niger Delta Peoples’ Forum, Saturday faulted the stand of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, where he justified the appointment of a sole administrator for NDDC. In a statement sent to Vanguard, Chief Boma Ebiakpo, National Chairman of the group condemned Akpabio’s position, describing as illegal the appointment of Effiong Akwa […]
Akpabio justifies appointment of sole administrator for NDDC
…Says process legal, there was precedence .. Reveals N-Delta Govs demanded forensic audit of Commission .. Deplores lack of harmony between States, NDDC By Chris Ochayi Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerians to stop referring to President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission, […]
NDDC: Buhari must end his disdain for the Niger Delta states, NDDC and the Law
By Ndimele Ajuri The Niger Delta Minister Chief Godswill Akpabio has turned the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, into an unending circus for himself. Early in the year, the presidency had said that the audit report will be presented at the end of this year, 2020, for which reason it extended […]
Sole Administrator for NDDC: Dictatorship at work – PGF Pioneer DG
The pioneer Director General of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Osaro Onaiwu has condemned the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Onaiwu described the development as an aberration, adding that such development will give room for few persons to manipulate the commission. Calling on the governors of the […]
Politicians behind non-performance of NDDC — Rivers Dep Gov
Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Banigo has said the political class has derailed the noble objectives for the establishment of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
