NDDC AND ALL YOU NEED TO (KNOW BY SCHENGEN STORY NEWS)
The Niger Delta Development Commission is a federal government agency established by Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2000 with the sole mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria.
It is typically considered to be located within nine coastal southern Nigerian states, which include: all six states from the South South geopolitical zone, one state (Ondo) from South West geopolitical zone and two states (Abia and Imo) from South East geopolitical zone. Of all the states that the region covers, only Cross River is not an oil-producing state.
The Niger Delta is a very densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil. Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers States.
The 9 NDDC States are :Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers.
Mandate and operations
The NDDC mandate:
- Formulation of policies and guidelines for the development of the Niger Delta area.
- Conception, planning and implementation, in accordance with set rules and regulations, of projects and programs for sustainable development of the Niger Delta area in the field of transportation including roads, jetties and waterways, health, employment, industrialization, agriculture and fisheries, housing and urban development, water supply, electricity and telecommunications.
- One of the core mandates of the Commission is to train and educate the youths of the oil rich Niger Delta regions to curb hostilities and militancy, while developing key infrastructure to promote diversification and productivity.
IN PARTICULAR THE NDDC IS FUNDED WITH THE MONEY PAID BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE STATES FROM OIL REVENUE TO FOSTER GENUINE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE VIRTUALLY NO CONTROL OR PROPER AUDIT OVER HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT.
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