Samuel Ogbuku
11 Nov
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance (CCSO4GG) has flayed a group known as the Coalition of Niger Delta Civil Society Organisations (CNDCSO) for threatening to embark on a protest
1 Oct
Members of the Governing Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have re-stated commitment to promoting projects and programmes that would guarantee food security and sustainable growth in the Niger Delta region.
3 Jun
Media executives from across the country were shocked at the weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when they came face to face with an array of well-executed projects and other programmes aimed at turning around the story of the oil-rich region. It was at a first-ever region-wide media tour of projects and interaction with the…
2 Jun
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will construct jetties and provide safe ferry services in communities not connected by roads in the region.
31 May
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, yesterday, said the Commission executed a total of 7,483 projects in the Niger Delta states.
25 Apr
Due to its strategic function as an interventionist agency in the South-South region, the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that the commission is marred with so much distrust and suspicion by residents.
23 Apr
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has promised that the commission will now meet on a quarterly basis with stakeholders of the commission to enhance the formulation and sustenance of the Commission's overall strategies for the development of the region. Ogbuku made the promise during an interactive forum…
10 Feb
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, says that the Commission, as part of its rebirth and rewind policy, is “transiting from transaction to transformation” in the process of developing the Niger Delta region.
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