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George Oshogwe Ogbolu
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The Minister of the newly established Ministry of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has dismissed reports of the scrapping of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Speaking after the Federal Executive Council meeting, Momoh stated that the NDDC remains intact.
According to him, the Ministry of Niger Delta Development has merely been renamed and given expanded responsibilities under the newly created Ministry of Regional Development.
The Minister disclosed that the new ministry will oversee the NDDC as well as other regional development commissions across the country.
He said, “For our people in the Niger Delta region, I want to assure them that nothing has been taken away. The NDDC is still very much in place, now under the Ministry of Regional Development, along with other regional agencies. It’s simply a change in nomenclature.”
He urged the Niger Delta community not to feel concerned that the Ministry of Niger Delta has been abolished, saying “All the structures and activities related to the Niger Delta remain unchanged. It’s just a renaming and an expansion of the ministry’s activities, which I believe is something to be commended.”
Naija News reports that the FEC had restructured of some Federal Ministries.
The Ministry of Niger Delta and the Ministry of Sports Development were reportedly scrapped.
A new Ministry of Regional Development has been created to oversee all regional development commissions, which include:
•Niger Delta Development Commission
•North West Development Commission
•South West Development Commission
•North East Development Commission
•South East Development Commission
This National Sports Commission now takes over the responsibilities of the former Ministry of Sports Development.
The Ministry of Tourism is merged with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
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