Akpabio, Jonathan Laud NDDC For New Development Strides In Niger Delta

From Emmanuel Okwudi (Port Harcourt) 

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and former President, Goodluck Jonathan, have hailed Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) for their new development strides in region.

Speaking at the Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State, called on the stakeholders in the region to support NDDC to achieve more for the region. 

The Summit, organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), was to 
develop strategies and articulate a roadmap for economic growth and development of the region with former President Goodluck Jonathan, (who chaired the occasion), Governors from the oil producing region, members of the National Assembly, ministers and former governors from the region, policy experts and other stakeholders.

The theme of the summit is Renewed Hope for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta region.

In his remarks, the Special Guest of honour and the President of the Senate, Goodwill Akpabio, who is also representative of President Bola Tinubu, applauded the NDDC for the new development paradigm in the region which has led to the commissioning of turnkey projects in the past few weeks. 

He commended the board and management of the Commission for working towards the realisation of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu admistration and called for the support of the stakeholders for the Commission to the development of the region.

Also speaking, the Managing Director of NDDC, Samuel Ogbuku, enumerated the achievements of the NDDC under his leadership and the plans to further develop the Niger Delta region, pointing out that the agency was not competing with state governments.