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The complete Guide to the NDDC

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NDDC Nigeria

The Niger Delta Development Commission is a federal government parastatal that was created in the year 2000 by the then President of Nigeria Olusegun Obansajo, whose sole responsibility is to build and develop the oil-rich Niger Delta region of the country. In September 2008, President Umaru Yar’Adua reported the establishment of a Niger Delta Ministry, with the Niger Delta Development Commission to turn into a parastatal under the ministry. One of the center orders of the Commission is to prepare and instruct the young people of the oil-rich Niger Delta locales to control threats and militancy while creating a vital foundation to advance enhancement and efficiency.

NDDC. What are they all about?

The NDDC was established to a great extent as a response to the requests of a large number of inhabitants in the Niger Delta. It was a crowded territory possessed by a decent variety of minority ethnic gatherings. During the 1990s, these ethnic gatherings, most remarkably the Ijaw and the Ogoni built up associations to go up against the Nigerian government and global oil organizations, for example, Shell. The Niger Delta minorities have kept on upsetting and well-spoken requests for more noteworthy self-sufficiency and control of the region’s oil assets. The government’s negligence in this region leads to a series of violent disruption between the indigenes of this region and oil companies. Find our the top 10 oil and gas companies in Nigerian here.

The NDDC was created so as provide solutions to the under-development of this region. Some of the functions of the NDDC includes:

  • Detailing of strategies and rules for the advancement of the Niger Delta region.
  • Looking over the Niger Delta to find out measures necessary to advance its physical and financial turn of events.
  • Planning end-all strategies and plans are intended to advance the physical improvement of the Niger Delta district and estimate the part conditions of the Commission.
  • And many others.

NDDC scholarship

The NDDC scholarship programme is designed strictly for Masters and Ph.D. applicants; therefore, it’s only eligible for qualified applicants with relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from recognized Universities in the following courses:

  1. Medicine
  2. Engineering
  3. Law
  4. Environmental Science
  5. Information Technology
  6. Geo-Science
  7. Agricultural Science
  8. Management Science

Indigenes of the Niger Delta region that are interested in the NDDC scholarship can visit the Commission’s official website for information regarding the process. Also, you can contact the NDDC Educational Directorate using the following details

Director, Education, Health and Social Services (NDDC)

Emails: gochua.okejoto@nddc.gov.ng / seledi.thompson@nddc.gov.ng

Mobile: 094668158

NDDC recruitment

Currently, the NDDC recruitment form is not officially yet out. The commission management hasn’t issued an official statement about their recruitment process.

However, those interested in the NDDC recruitment exercise can check the official commission website for details and regular updates.

NDDC news

NDDC has a news portal where news and latest events that pertain to the Commission are published daily. This helps in bridging the gap between the Commission and its people. Below is the link to the NDDC news portal. https://nddc.gov.ng/news

Below is the NDDC logo for download

NDDC logo

NDDC chairman

The office of Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Council has been a subject of much debate since the inception of the Commission. A consensus was agreed upon where the position would be rotated within the nine oil-producing states.

However, the current chairman of the NDDC is Barr. Pius Egberamwen Obudu, who is the past deputy governor of Edo state.

NDDC projects

The mandate of the NDDC is to build the Niger Delta region into one of the strongest and well-developed areas in the country for intellectual prosperity and infrastructural development. NDDC implements this mandate by executing the relevant project in the Niger Delta region. Activities are conceptualized, planned, and executed depending on broad discussion with local people, the contribution of invested individuals, and specialists’ examination of basic examination.

Projects are granted dependent on their capacity to give the most significant effect on the nearby locale and past the limitations of the allocated spending plan. NDDC is, in this way, a decent collection of substantial accomplishments as confirming the variety of undertakings and projects they have embarked on. In all unobtrusiveness, we can attest that NDDC has taken goliath steps to encourage the overall advancement of the Niger Delta and its kin.

The NDDC has successfully embarked on over 8000 projects since the creation of the Commission in 2000. You can check the different projects that have been carried out by the Commission by clicking here

NDDC states

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) states comprise of the states in the Niger Delta region of the country. The states include Abia state, Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Cross River state, Delta state, Edo state, Imo state, Ondo state, and Rivers state.

NDDC web portal

The NDDC web portal is the online where registration regarding any of the NDDC scholarship or skills acquisition training can be done.

The link to the NDDC web portal is posted below:

https://www.nddc.gov.ng

NDDC postgraduate scholarship 2019

The primary role of the NDDC Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Scheme is to train Niger Deltas with applicable skills and training for active participation in the nearby substance program of the present organization, just as they compete all-around in different expert fields. The Scholarship is for reasonably qualified candidates with relevant Bachelor’s/Master’s Degrees from perceived Universities in their professional disciplines such as Agricultural Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geoscience, Information Technology, Law, Management Science, and others.

Applicants for the NDDC postgraduate scholarship 2019 must meet the following requirements to be considered for the scholarship:

  • Candidates applying for a Master’s Degree program must possess a first degree with a minimum of a second class lower division. In contrast, those applying for the Ph.D. program must have a good Master’s Degree from a recognized university.
  • Applicants for the NDDC postgraduate scholarship must have gained admission for either a Master’s Degree program or Ph.D. program in a foreign university.
  • Students that are already enrolled in a university overseas are not eligible to apply.

More information regarding the NDDC postgraduate scholarship can be found on the NDDC official website here.

NDDC scholarship test cut off mark

The NDDC scholarship test cut off mark is 25 points. Applicants that scored 25 points and above will be shortlisted for the next phase of the scholarship, the oral interview. After the interview, successful candidates will then be awarded the scholarship.

NDDC skill acquisition form

Interested applicants for the NDDC skills acquisition training can download the NDDC skill acquisition form on the official commission website by clicking here

NDDC board

Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei currently heads the NDDC board as the Acting Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer. The following board members assist him:

Chief (Hon.) Ibanga Bassey Etang – Executive Director, Finance and Administration

Dr. Cairo Ojougboh – Ag. Executive Director, Projects

Also, states offices directors across the nine oil-producing states in the country

NDDC training programme 2017

Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Skills Acquisition Training Programs 2017 – The Entrepreneurship Training Program is tied in with recognizing reasonable organizations in the MSME class from every one of the (9) Nine conditions of the locale, and assemble their ability and from that point give vital backings and empowering condition for their development and intensity in the present worldwide markets. The idea of help will be dictated by the field-tested strategy that will be created by each taking part in business visionary during the preparation.

It should be noted that there is a need to have to enhance and reinforce the economies of the Niger Delta States and make them less reliant on the oil and gas segment. Consequently, ONLY prospective business owners outside the oil and gas division are urged to apply.

More information about the NDDC training programme 2017 can be found here.

NDDC address

The Niger Delta Development Commission head office is located at No 167 Aba Road Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

NDDC act

The NDDC act is an act enacted for the cancelation of the Oil, Mineral Producing Areas Commission Decree 1998. In addition to other things, build up another Commission with a re-sorted out administration and managerial structure for more viability.

Also, for the utilization of the entireties gotten from the distribution of the Federation Account for handling fundamental issues which emerge from the investigation of oil minerals in the Niger-Delta region and for associated purposes.

The complete NDDC act can be downloaded here.

NDDC skill acquisition program

The Niger Delta Development Commission Skills Acquisition Training Program is set up to upgrade the Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSME) with its key target to reinforce the Niger Delta States’ economies and help the young people become work makers rather than work searchers.

The NDDC Skill Acquisition Training Program was started through the Niger Delta Regional Master Plan (NDRDMP) in area 5.7.3 and 5.7.4 after the achievement of the past projects. The NDRDMP was set to address strategies for financial improvement in rural and urban regions of the area.

Registration for the NDDC skills acquisition training program is usually done via the NDDC official website. You can visit the NDDC skills acquisition program application portal here.

Check the top oil producing states including a chart of their dialy production.

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