NDDC not scrapped, says regional development minister

The minister of the newly created Ministry of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has clarified that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is still in place.

The minister also explained that the Ministry of Niger Delta Development was renamed and given greater responsibility under the Ministry of Regional Development.

Shading light on the realignment of three ministries, which also affected his former role as announced by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, Momoh said the new ministry was created to superintend over all the agencies, including the Ministry of Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission , North East Development Commission and other similar regional bodies.

He said, “For our people over there in the Niger Delta region, I would like them to know that that has not removed anything from them. The NDDC is still very much in place, which is still under the Ministry of Regional Development and all other such agencies are there. It’s just a question of change of nomenclature.”

He said that nobody from the Niger Delta region should feel that the Ministry of Niger Delta has been scrapped, and it’s no more in existence.

“All the structures and everything about the Niger Delta remains. It’s just a change of nomenclature and, of course, an expansion of the activities of the ministry. So, I think it’s something worth to be commended.”