L-R: Chiedu Ebie, chairman of NDDC; Samuel Ogbuku, NDDC MD; Ngozi Odu, deputy governor of Rivers State, and Henry Odein Agumojobia, former minister and keynote speaker, at the NDDC Law Summit
Henry Odein Ajumogobia, a top lawyer who held sway in the Peter Odili administration, and went on to emerge as former Minister of Petroleum Resources and later Foreign Affairs, has advocated for the strengthening of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as the arrowhead of development agencies in the Niger Delta region.
He called for laws and regulations that many believe would entrench the NDDC into such a leading role, not just in project execution but in coordinating what other development agencies would need to do.
Ajumogobia, who made the call as the keynote speaker at the NDDC Law and Development Summit in Port Harcourt, stressed the need to support the NDDC in its role as the central coordinating
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