Former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, says the narrative and perception of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) must change to an agency that truly meets the need of the Niger Delta region.
Omo-Agege said with the nomination of Chiedu Ebie as chairman of the commission and Monday Igbuya, a former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, President Bola Tinubu has selected official who can change the trajectory of the agency.
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election in Delta State said these during a meeting with Ebie and Igbuya in Abuja on Friday, September 1.
He said: “NDDC has had a chequered history dominated more by tales of failed and uncompleted projects as well as the general perception that it has been unable to optimally meet the expectations of the Niger Delta people.
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“Now, that story and perception must change and I am confident it will change for the better with the two of you there.”
Omo-Agege added that President Tinubu wants a change in the performance and perception of the NDDC, saying: “The president wants you to execute visible projects that will add value to the lives of the people of the Niger Delta. Your track records as a Commissioner and Secretary to the State Government speak for themselves.
“Please bring your digital brain to change the way projects are initiated and executed and work as a team to achieve results. You are deserving of this because you are an innovative gentleman and you worked. I can confirm that you worked.”
It would be recalled that Tinubu, on August 29, 2023, announced the nomination of Ebie as chairman of the NDDC board, while Dr. Samuel Ogbuku from Bayelsa State was selected as the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.
Igbuya was named as Delta State’s representative on the board.
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