Rep advocates adequate funding for NDDC

THE Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Nicholas Mutu, has called for adequate funding of the commission to enable it deliver its mandate for the benefit of the people of the region.
Mutu, who addressed newsmen in Abuja shortly after being conferred with the Most Outstanding Legislator award by Tozali magazine, urged the Federal Government and the oil companies to endeavour to live up to expectations in their onerous responsibility.
Mutu argued that the NDDC, more than ever before, needs adequate funding to embark on aggressive infrastructural development across the region in order to douse current tensions in the area.
He recalled that the assignment of the NDDC, which is to transform the neglected Niger Delta region, was an uphill task that must be met.