We’ll Revamp NDDC For Optimal Performance, Akpabio Assures

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has assured that the ministry was making relentless efforts to revamp the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and reposition it for optimal performance.
Akpabio noted that his administration would ensure that all issues slowing down productivity and peace in the commission are resolved.
The minister made the remarks while inaugurating the committee set up to look into some prevailing staff matters in the commission in Abuja, adding that the commission would be rejigged in order to deliver on its mandate.
He said the ongoing efforts were for the benefit of the people of the Niger Delta region.
The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, recalled that, “Over the years, the NDDC has witnessed varying degrees of challenges, especially in the management of the human resource that had led to low morale and dwindling performance of the staff of the commission.”
He admitted that “The effects of these issues have affected the activities and productivity of staff in the commission adding that there is continuous bickering and complaint amongst the management and staff of the commission.”
Akpabio stressed that for the Niger Delta region to progress and develop, the NDDC must be rightly positioned both administratively and otherwise to deliver on its mandate.
He further explained that it is in this connection that the committee is set up to examine all prevailing staff matters in the commission with a view to resolving them.