When was ministry of niger delta created

This paper asked a fundamental question of; what is responsible for the development crisis in the region? The exposed answer is that, the problems that besieged the Niger Delta intervention agencies since of Niger Delta Development Board through OMPADEC to the present NDDC, was ill-managed by inefficient administrators whose primary interest in the entire efforts were to divert funds for personal use.

Different views posited also that, from the conception and execution of development projects in the region, the federal government under successive administrations had adopted same pattern of development strategy that excluded the intended beneficiaries of the development.

Real or imagined, the consequence is the feeling of deprivation and alienation which is still pervasive in the region. Requires Subscription PDF. Please use the link above to donate via Paypal. AJOL is a non-profit, relying on your support. Subscription Login to access subscriber-only resources.

As elders of the nation, we have continued to appeal to our people not to take the path of violence in ways that will further threaten the peace and security of our zone.

As bad as it is that the NDDC has not done what it was supposed to do, it has not delivered on its core mandate of fast tracking infrastructural development in the Niger Delta, at least some little things were done. Some projects they were carrying out here are all abandoned.

Any attempt to scrap NDDC will face stiff resistance. In a statement by its Coordinator, Amb. The group noted that some major IOCs operating in the oil-rich region are on the verge of leaving the country, while others have been recording dwindling production due to the continuous agitations.