With a mix of pride and nostalgia, I, Pius Ughakpoteni, announce my retirement as the Director of Corporate Affairs at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), effective June 26, 2024. I am deeply grateful to the Managing Director/CEO of the NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, for his astute leadership and for …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, appreciates the concerns expressed in some quarters over the plan to obtain credit lines of 1trillion Naira to fund the completion of on-going and new legacy projects of the Commission across the Niger Delta region. The Senate had in its wisdom approved the …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission has presented budget proposals of N1.911 trillion for 2024 to the Senate Committee on the NDDC. Presenting the proposals to the committee chaired by Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said the 2024 budget was anchored on the theme: “Budget of …
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THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated the nine-kilometer Obehie-Okeikpe Road in Ukwa West Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia, which links Abia with Akwa Ibom. In a speech at the event, which took place at Obehie, the Executive Director (Projects) of the commission, Mr Victor Antai, said that …
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RIVERS State representative in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Tony Okocha, has disclosed the existence of over 953 abandoned projects in Rivers State. Okochja disclosed this during a recent session with traditional rulers in the state, where he affirmed that a 200 per cent increment in the 2024 budgetary …
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A 21-year-old-year-old man, Saliu Abdullahi, has been sentenced to one year and three months in jail for theft. The convict was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kaiama Division, Kwara State Command. He was arrested at Luman, Agbara Local government, Niger state, based on an …
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THE House of Representatives has screened and confirmed the presidential designates to the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The designates appeared before the House ad-hoc committee mandated to conduct the screening on Thursday. President Bola Tinubu had written to the House of Representatives, to ratify the …
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AN ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives will screen the nominees to the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Thursday. The Chairperson of the House Committee on NDDC, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu (PDP, Delta) and the House Spokesperson, Akin Rotimi (APC, Ekiti), made this known …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced George Turnah and two others to six years imprisonment on fraud charges. Turnah was Special Adviser on Youth to Dan Abia, the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Turnah, Ebis Orubebe, and Uzorgor Silas-Chidebere …
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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has appointed former staff of LEADERSHIP Media Group, Pius Ughakpoteni, as its new director of corporate affairs. Ughakpoteni’s appointment followed the retirement of the immediate past director of corporate affairs, Dr. Ibitoye Abosade, who retired along with 12 other directors in the commission, in …
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