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By Jon Egie
The template for the building of a new face for the development of the Niger Delta region will be explained by officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, during the 3rd edition of the series of annual lectures organized by Delta Online Publishers’ Forum, DOPF, scheduled to hold on Thursday, October 21.
According to a statement issued by the forum and signed by the Chairman of the DOPF 2021Convention Planning Committee, Dcn Chijioke Williams Ugbolue and Secretary, Mr. Miracle Enuji, the Interim Administrator/Chief Executive Office of NDDC, Mr. Efiong Akwa will be leading officials of the Commission to the Convention which has the theme; “Niger Delta Economy: Building A New Face For The Region.
The NDDC will be speaking on the theme of the Convention, taking it from the view point of the interventionist Agency.
“It is a golden avenue for the NDDC, under the leadership of an Interim Administrator, to give details on what the Commission has been doing to ensure a new face for the Niger Delta region that is anchored on an economy devoid of oil and gas.
“The platform will also afford NDDC the opportunity to explain what they have been doing after the forensic audit of the Commission,” the statement added.
The event will be chaired by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu.
The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan will be the Guest Speaker.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has given his commitment to grace the occasion as the Special Guest of Honour.
The event, will hold at the Banquet Hall and Conference Centre of Orchid Hotels, Asaba, commencing at 11am.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo- Agege, is also expected as the Guest of Honour.
Critical stakeholders in the region, representatives of various ethnic nationalities in the region as well as the general public, have been invited to grace the lecture.
Annkio Briggs, Prof Patrick Muoboghare, Dr. Ignatius Nwanze Ezoem and Comrade Sheriff Mulade are among critical stakeholders participating as members of the panel of discussants for the Lecture’s plenary.
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