New NDDC Board Members Inaugurated
Abuja: The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani on Friday inaugurated the Board and management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), with a charge to prove the confidence reposed on them by President Muhammadu Buhari, by carrying out their assignments with equity, justice and transparency.
According to the Minister, “the position of this government is to guarantee accountability, transparency, equity and to make the citizens feel the impact of governance”.
The Minister further stressed that the challenges of Niger Delta people was too crucial to be treated with levity.
“I am formally inaugurating this Board on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari and in the spirit of service and a call to duties”, he said.
In his remarks, the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Prof. Claudius Omoleye Daramola, said the call of this team by the President was a call to serve the nation and not their individual pockets.
Prof. Daramola charged the Board to improve on the prevailing efforts of the Federal Government to develop Niger Delta communities so as to end agitations in the region.
He added that the NDDC Board and Management should ensure that they serve the country without any prejudice in accordance with the extant rules and laws of the nation.
The new Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, while speaking on behalf of the new Board, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for their appointment, saying, “we are determined to change the story of Niger Delta by making Niger Deltans feel the impact of setting up the commission”.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Alo Willaim said President Buhari, as part of his commitment to ensuring total development in the Niger Delta region, on 31st October, 2016 announced that NDDC be reporting to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. This he said would give room for proper coordination of activities in the region.
Also speaking, the outgoing Managing Director of the Commission, Mrs Ibim Semenitari disclosed that Niger Delta region had a lot to benefit from the new Board and Management.
