NDDC Must Deliver On Its Mandates – Tunji Ojo

Chairman House Committee on NDDC, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has come out to say that NDDC will be made to deliver on its mandates to the people of Niger Delta.

He recently revealed this during an oversight tour of the headquarters of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and other project sites in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

According to him, the committee he is in charge of is ready to give impetus to the NDDC to end the current problem of several abandoned projects that is plaguing the Niger Delta region.

He added that the committee has also resolved that only contractors with capacity should be awarded contracts by the NDDC.

His words, “This is an additional measure to mitigate contract failure and enhancement of value added service to the Niger Delta region.”

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The Niger Delta Development Commission is a federal government agency established by Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2000 with the sole mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

In September 2008, President Umaru Yar’Adua announced the formation of a Niger Delta Ministry, with the Niger Delta Development Commission to become a parastatal under the ministry.

One of the core mandates of the Commission is to train and educate the youths of the oil rich Niger Delta regions to curb hostilities and militancy, while developing key infrastructure to promote diversification and productivity.

The position of Executive Chairman of the NDDC has been a subject of much debate. A compromise was reached where the position would be rotated within the nine oil producing states in alphabetical order: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers.