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• Builds 42 bridges, 87 jetties, others across Niger Delta
From Tony John, Port Harcourt
Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Samuel Ogbuku, said the Commission is committed to the completion and commissioning of all on-going projects across the Niger Delta region.
Speaking through a virtual presentation at the NDDC’s region-wide media engagement, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Ogbuku, said that the recent inauguration of five mega projects in Abia, Edo, Ondo, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom States was a testimony of the new passion with which the Commission was delivering on its mandate.
The NDDC Chief Executive Officer stated that President Bola Tinubu, had charged the Commission to complete and commission signature projects that would impact the lives of Niger Delta people.
Ogbuku stated that the NDDC had so far inaugurated the 132/33kv electricity sub-station at Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, to light up five local government areas in the state, as well as the 25.7-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa State, which we executed in partnership with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).
He said that the NDDC also inaugurated the 600-metre Ibeno Bridge and the 6.87-kilometre Iko-Atabrikang-Opolom-IwuoAchang Road, in Ibeno Local Government Area, of Akwa Ibom State, as well as the nine-kilometre Obehie-Oke-Ikpe Road in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State.
During a virtual tour of NDDC projects, the Executive Director Projects, Victor Antia, said that the commission had constructed and rehabilitated 5,141.3 kilometres of roads through swamps and virgin forests. He added that the commission had also built 42 bridges, thousands of hydraulic structures and 87 jetties across the Niger Delta region.
Antia said that the commission had resumed its Free Healthcare Programme which caters to the needs of rural communities, as part of the commission’s commitment to enhance healthcare delivery to the people of the Niger Delta region.
Earlier in his welcome address, the NDDC Executive Director Corporate Services, Ifedayo Abegunde, acknowledged the contributions of the media to the growth of democracy and public accountability.
