NDDC Probe: N’ Delta Group Hails Buhari

The move by President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government to investigate finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has been described as the most important move by any administration to revive the commission.
The National Coordinator of the Niger Delta Youth Coalition (NDYC), Prince Emmanuel Ogba, said this yesterday in an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt.
He expressed regret that NDDC which was established as an interventionist agency to bring development to the impoverished people of the Niger Delta region has failed in its crucial mandate.
Ogba said the failure of the commission is recorded in all the nine States it covers.
He said billions of Naira has been allocated to NDDC by the Federal Government since the establishment of the commission but it has not justified this in terms of the development projects.
“ Billions of Naira has been allocated to NDDC by the Federal Government since the inception of the commission but shamefully, the huge funds cannon be justified in terms of people-oriented projects.
“ That is why we have thousands of abandoned projects across the nine States making up the NDDC States .
“ We support the move by the Federal Government to probe the commission “.

Chris Oluoh