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January 23, 2021 No Responses

NDDC Targets Completion of Hostel Projects For Universities

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa has pledged the commitment of the Commission to focus on completing on-going projects, particularly the university hostels in the nine Niger Delta states. ...

December 22, 2020 No Responses

Senate Passes N453.2b NDDC 2020 Budget

The Senate has passed the 2020 N453.2 billion budget for Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta during plenary on Monday.Presenting the report, Sen. Bulus Amos,Vice Chair...

July 17, 2020 No Responses

NDDC: Buhari Directs Speedy,Coordinated Investigation

President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for better coordination in the ongoing investigation of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the investigating agencies in collaboration with the National Assembly. A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, ...

July 16, 2020 No Responses

NDDC Boss:N40b Not Missing, Not Misappropriated

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, on Thursday insisted that N40 billion was not missing from the commission’s account neither has it been misappropriated. Pondei, while addressing jo...

July 16, 2020 No Responses

NDDC Boss, Others Walk Out On Lawmakers

The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Company (NDDC) Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei and his team on Thursday walked out on legislators investigating the alleged N40 billion irregular expenditure in the commission.Pondei stormed out of the hea...

July 13, 2020 No Responses

Beyond The NDDC Forensic Audit

By Horatius Egua — It was yet another shocking revelation, at the Senate hearing, at the National Assembly, on the trouble Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) led by Professor Pondei Kemebradikumo alloca...

June 23, 2020 No Responses

NDDC: N2tri Debt Mainly From Emergency Projects

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Monday attributed the N2 trillion debts owed vendors and contractors to projects executed in the region. The NDDC Director of Corporate Communications, Charles Odili, told Journalists that the commission i...

January 18, 2020 No Responses

Ondo Reiterates Support For NDDC Audit

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Friday, reiterated the importance of the forensic audit of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Oct. 17, 2019, ordered a f...

January 13, 2020 No Responses

NDDC Begins Verification Of Projects

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated a 50-member committee to audit and document projects and contracts awarded in nine Niger Delta states. A statement issued on Sunday by Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, the commission’s Deputy Director, Corpora...

August 28, 2019 No Responses

Pius Odubu Emerges New NDDC Board Chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed a 16-member new Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a statement in Abuja, Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office of the Secretary to the Government of the...

January 26, 2019 No Responses

NDDC Gets Acting MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of an acting Managing Director for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He is Professor Nelson Braimbraifa. The President, following a Federal Executive Council (FEC) resolution, has equally ves...

May 21, 2017 No Responses

NDDC to cancel N200b projects

As part of measures to reduce its project-carrying capacity to a manageable size, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) at the weekend threatened to expunge N200b worth of projects from its book. Speaking during a visit to the Governor...

May 18, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki implores NDDC on management of resources

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to help in the management of resources for the Niger Delta states, adding that individual member states accounts should be operated to facilitate appropriation of fund...

May 11, 2017 No Responses

Proposed amendment to NLNG Act threatens 18,000 potential jobs

Ongoing efforts by the National Assembly to amend the Nigeria LNG Act is a direct threat to the expected 18, 000 construction jobs for Trains 7 and 8, General Manager, External Relations Division, Kudo Eresia-Eke has said. Speaking at...