The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has assured that in one of the Commission’s activities this year, fake and uncompleted projects will end.
Ogbuku, stated this during his maiden visit to the Yenagoa Office of the Commission over the weekend.
The MD made the assurances while lamenting on the spate of uncompleted projects recorded by the Commission.
He declared that the era of awarding and executing projects at the head office in Port Harcourt without the input of its state offices is gone.
According to him, “The state offices are the foundation of the commission because the projects are not in the state headquarters.
“ The projects are in various states and the state offices manage those projects. So, if there is a disconnect between the head office and the state offices, then definitely we are going to have a lot of problems.
“We’re definitely going to work with the state offices to curb all these issues of fake projects, uncompleted projects, duplication of projects, so that in our budgeting process, we will carry every stakeholder along, so that state directors should also advise us on projects that we ought to do in those states.”
Earlier speaking, the Director, Bayelsa State Office, Theophilus Allagoa, drew the attention of the MD to challenges of the Yenagoa office, especially the working environment, which has been worsened by the 2022 flooding.
In his response, he promised to improve the output of NDDC Staff in Bayelsa State by addressing the welfare of staff and providing a befitting working environment.
