At the risk of rehashing cliches, I commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing a substantive governing board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). It is a step in the right direction. I congratulate the members on their appointments.
To members of the NDDC Governing Board, I will rehash another cliche: It’s time to hit the ground running. There is absolutely no time for bickering among them; the NDDC is in the eye of the storm, and so much is expected of the commission.
In some critical circles, the NDDC is variously and sarcastically referred to as ‘Na Dem Dem Commission’ and ‘Na Dem Dem Chop’. While these sarcastic interpretations of the NDDC acronym are subject to the views of their purveyors, it is a veritable reminder that much is expected of the NDDC, moreso when its primary role as an interventionist agency is considered.
Thankfully, the NDDC Governing Board has a positive trail to follow. The trail was set by Dr Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director of the NDDC, who has been in its leadership since the beginning of the year. Ogbuku has been proactively engaging critical and relevant stakeholders in the Niger Delta region through the public-private partnership initiative in the campaign to ensure the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region.
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Over the past nine months, Ogbuku’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative has proven to be sustainable, progressive, and popular with stakeholders. The PPP is a veritable programme that brings together everyone in the sustainable development of the Niger Delta development value chain. The PPP ensures that everyone in the value chain receives their due. It brings together; the project, the project managers and the project beneficiaries.
The PPP trail is a veritable trail that I encourage the NDDC Governing Board to embrace, follow, strengthen and build on in order to write their names on marble and ensure their legacy in the sands of time.
Ebitu Oku, a brand management consultant, wrote from Uyo
