The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has attributed the high number of uncompleted projects of the commission to previous leadership instability.
Speaking during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily programme, Ogbuku said one of the challenges of the NDDC in the past 25 years was the high turnover of leadership.
“In the past 25 years, NDDC has had 16 Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers, which caused instability in the system,” he said.
A statement issued in Port Harcourt by the NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Seledi Thompson-Wakama, on Thursday, also confirmed the development.
Ogbuku noted that the commission was determined to make the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration a reality in the Niger Delta region.
He restated the board and management’s commitment to the mandate given to the commission by the President to change the narrative in the region.
According to him, “President Bola Tinubu charged us to complete and deliver all abandoned critical projects across the Niger Delta.
“Niger Deltans should be grateful to Mr President for his commitment to ensuring the sustainable development of the region.
“I can assure you that before the end of Mr President’s tenure, we will complete all abandoned legacy projects.”