In a commendable effort to enhance security and improve the quality of life for residents, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has installed emergency solar-powered street lights in the Uyanga and Iko communities of Akamkpa Local Government Area. This initiative, spearheaded by the NDDC under the leadership of Cross River State Representative Rt. Hon. Orok…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the rehabilitation of some roads and the installation of solar lights in some of the streets in Calabar, the State capital. This was disclosed in a communique issued at the end of the NUJ Congress held…
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the infrastructural development in the region. Akpabio stated this on Sunday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) South South Zonal Executive Meeting in Calabar, Cross River State. The meeting was attended by the bigwigs of the party across…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated another set of waste bins to the Government of Cross River State to help keep the state clean, especially during this period when the nation is battling the outbreak of cholera disease. This is coming four months after the Commission through its Cross River Representative, Rt. Hon….
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is organising a free medical outreach in Cross River State from 16th to 22nd June 2024. CONVERSEER gathered that the outreach which cuts across the nine NDDC states will take place at the General Hospital Akamkpa, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The free medical outreach includes…
In a continued effort to support the communities of the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), through its Cross River State Representative, Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, distributed flood palliatives to the riverine axis of Bayside in Calabar. The event, held at the playground of the Efe Ekpe Efik Iboku in Duke Town, was…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) commissioned a 6-kilometre road and also a 600-metre bridge in Akwa Ibom State. The road project is tagged, ‘lko-Atabrikang-Akata-Opolom-Ikot Inwang-Okoroutip-lwochang Road’ and links 20 communities of Ibeno Local Government Area in the State. “Today, the people of Ibeno have another access road to civilisation. It was difficult before to…
By Our Reporter Representative of Cross River State at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Rt. Hon. (Chief) Orok Duke, has vowed to revisit all the Commission’s projects that have been abandoned across the state. Duke stated this on Friday during an inspection visit to the Skill Acquisition Centre located in Akpabuyo local government…
By Archibong Jeremiah Residents of Ayeabam community in Akamkpa local government area in Southern Cross River State, are suffering due to an unfinished road project awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 2014 and the Cross River Basin Development Authority (CRBDA) in 2021. Both contractors abandoned the project, and NDDC violated the Public…
…as Duke promised to take their plea to the Commission The Commissioner representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, has presented a truckload of relief materials to Bakassi returnees to ameliorate the sufferings of the people. Presenting the items to the coordinator of the Bakassi returnees…