The Niger Delta
Development Commission (NDDC), is designing new programmes that would help
in building the capacity of youths with a view to engaging them in meaningful
activities.
The Managing
Director, Dr. Christian Oboh disclosed this when he received the Speaker and
other executive members of the Nigerian Youth Parliament at the Commission’s
Headquarters in Port Harcourt.
The NDDC Boss
underscored the importance of youths in the socio-economic and political
development of any country, assuring that the Commission would continue to
initiate programmes that would equip the youths for future challenges.
He said “we have
programmes designed for the youths running into millions of naira but we need
to fine-tune them for better results. We are, therefore, focusing on areas that
will give us maximum benefit and impact positively on our youths”.
While advising the
Youth Parliament to remain focused on their goals, Dr. Oboh charged youths of
Niger Delta to direct their energies to productive ventures rather than
militancy.
Speaker of the Youth
Parliament, Hon. Abdullahi Maibasira commended the Board and Management of the
NDDC for embarking on people-oriented projects in its quest for a developed
Niger Delta region.
He said the number of
programmes being undertaken by the Commission showed clearly that it believed
in the youths as leaders of tomorrow.
Hon. Maibasira
expressed the group’s desire to collaborate with the NDDC in building the
capacity of youths to ensure adherence to positive activities.
Chairman, Youth
Parliament Committee on the Niger Delta, Moses Uvie-Odeghe, praised the NDDC
for its several youth’s empowerment and human capacity development initiatives.
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