The Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana has advised the newly constituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC to
He added that strict adherence to the act would help the board understand fully its roles and duties as well as guard it against deviating from the vision establishing the commission.
He said: “I want you to focus on and interrogate on the following areas in order to enhance the effectiveness of the board. These areas include the Establishment Act of the NDDC 2000, the roles of management and board, the Public Procurement Act 2007 and all the extant laws applicable to public governance as well as any other issue about the performance of the board.”
Earlier in his remarks, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said the board is expected to do something different so as to take the Niger Delta region to greater heights.” His words: “We will soon unfold our packages for the development of the region. The Niger Delta Development Commission Board is expected to make [a] great difference this time around.”
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