“REMARKS BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)BETWEEN THE NDDC AND FACILITY FOR OIL SECTOR TRANSPARENCY AND REFORM IN NIGERIA (FOSTER) AT NDDC CORPORATE OFFICE, 167, ABA ROAD, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE ON MAY 15, 2017. .....”
By NSIMA U. EKERE, KJW NDDC MD/CEO

“REMARKS BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)BETWEEN THE NDDC AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE NIGER DELTA, MADE AT NDDC CORPORATE OFFICE, 167, ABA ROAD, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE ON MAY 15, 2017. .....”
By NSIMA U. EKERE, KJW NDDC MD/CEO

“The challenge of development in the Niger Delta is the challenge of peace and put the other way round, the challenge of peace in the Niger Delta is a challenge of development. For us to have development in this region, which is urgently needed and very highly needed, we need to have peace. We are ready to engage with everybody to ensure that peace returns to this region.......”
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba Chairman, NDDC Governing Board

“We are doing everything to cooperate with member states and doing everything to streamline our mandate and return it to what was originally envisaged, that is that of a regional development agency. .......”
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba Chairman, NDDC Governing Board

“We are also looking beyond oil, because oil is a finite resource, someday it will finish. If it does not finish, technology will make it irrelevant. Today we have electric driven cars. It is a matter of time; other sources of power will make oil irrelevant. So we must begin to look beyond oil. .......”
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba Chairman, NDDC Governing Board

“We are seriously contemplating the establishment of a Niger Delta Development Bank to handle the issue of funding now and beyond oil. .......”
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba Chairman, NDDC Governing Board

“We are determined as a board to return the Commission to its original mandate of being a regional development agency to create an integrated economy for the region. Our focus should be the integration of the Niger Delta region, not to compete with states or local governments. .......”
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba Chairman, NDDC Governing Board

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is partnering with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, on a 60 million dollars (about 21 billion naira) job creation programme which will help reduce youth unemployment in the Niger Delta region.