Mpox declared as public health emergency in Africa
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has declared Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, as a public health emergency in the continent. At a briefing today the Centre’s Director General, Jean Kaseya, vowed to mobilize institutions, collective will, and resources to act swiftly and decisively, to curb the […]
NDDC orders Contractors in Rivers State back to site
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Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has given a marching order to contactors handling its projects to immediately return to site. The NDDC read the riot act following records of abandonment of 952 projects awarded to contractors handling different NDDC jobs in different parts of the country. Rivers State Representative on the NDDC Governing Board, Tony […]
River State records 953 abandoned NDDC projects
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Rivers State has been identified as the second State with the highest number of abandoned projects. Rivers State representative on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission Tony Okocha reiterated this at an interactive session with members of the Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council yesterday. Okocha said 953 projects so far are being abandoned across […]
Group urges NDDC to release agricultural grants, boost food production in the post-flood Niger Delta
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Groups in the Niger Delta region have vowed to resist attempts by the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission to channel the budget of the Commission to service few politicians to the detriment of the vast interest of the poor majority. They have also called on the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs Obong Okon […]
N’Delta groups to Buhari: Resend NDDC nominees approved by Senate
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Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, under the aegis of 21st CYNDAC, and Network for Grassroots Development, NGD, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resend to the Senate the names of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, screened and approved since November 2019. Commenting on the new order […]