Jonathan to change NDDC approach in 2012

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday promised its administrations readiness to change the focus of the intervention agency, Niger Delta Development Commission, in 2012.He said the aim was to ensure that the NDDC and the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs were repositioned in order to meet the needs of the people of the region.Jonathan spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja while receiving Bishop Hyacinth Egbebo of the Catholic Vicarage of Bomadi and Papal Nuncio to Nigeria, Dr. Augustine Kasujja.He said he would ensure that the ministry and the commission were better focused on their assignments.He added that steps would be taken to ensure greater cooperation, collaboration and coordination between the ministry and the NDDC in the interest of the people of the region.The President recalled that he wielded the big stick recently against members of the commissions former board because of what he described as institutional paralysis.Jonathan said he expected the new leadership of the commission to be more committed to the implementation of developmental projects that would benefit the ordinary people of the Niger Delta, including residents of the Vicarage of Bomadi.Our approach will be different next year. We will make sure that the NDDC is better focused and does what is right for the people of the Niger Delta, he said.Egbebo had earlier recounted the alleged deprivations being suffered by the people of Bomadi Vicarage.He asked for intervention by the Federal Government to improve transportation, water supply, power supply, education and other social services in the area.
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