Presenting the NDDC aggregate expenditure of N1.911 trillion, tagged 'Budget of Renewed Hope Agenda,' before the Senator Asuquo ...
Six months to the end of the fiscal year, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has proposed a total sum of N1.911 trillion as its 2024 aggregate expenditure, just as it disclosed that it was working towards the completion of some ongoing projects in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive.
The Managing Director told the Senators that his administration was committed to payment of legacy debts because they are for the welfare of the people in the Niger Delta, and for this, N100 billion has been earmarked to begin payment of legacy debts, adding that in 10 years, the commission would have offset the legacy debts.
“We are sure, you saw, we are very, very committed in repayment of our debts. Because most of the people that did these jobs are people from the region. So we cannot also have a commission that also want to increase our people, but the commission should rather be able to bring happiness, joy to the people of the Niger Delta, and we are committed to that.”
Speaking further on the 2024 Budget, he said, “In the area of infrastructure, we came up with * Operation Light Up Niger Delta Region”; this has seen a reasonable number of the communities being lit up using solar-powered street lights, which have boosted the economic activities of communities at night.
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