NDDC Seeks Partnership With UAE For N/Delta Dev
2 min readA partnership between the United Arab Emirates, UAE, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for the development of the Niger Delta region is in the offing. A committee that will work out the details is already being set up.
On Wednesday, the managing director of NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku had a meeting with the UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Salem Al-Shamsi, where areas of collaboration was discussed.
With Ogbuku at the meeting were the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Alabo Boma Iyaye; the Executive Director, Corporate Services, Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde and other directors.
While receiving the NDDC team, Al-Shamsi spoke on his willingness to collaborate with the NDDC on Information Communication Technology, ICT, education, health, agriculture and youth development.
The envoy commended the NDDC for its development initiatives and said his country was willing to collaborate and support the Commission in executing more development projects.
“We are happy with this visit and the opportunity it has given us to explore areas of cooperation and support. We appreciate the robust relationship between UAE and Nigeria,” he said.
The ambassador expressed satisfaction that his country had normalised its relationship with Nigeria, stating that the national carrier of the UAE, Emirates Airline, had resumed operations between Lagos and Dubai.
Ogbuku had given a run down of what the commission was doing and the achievements recorded so far, and sought the UAE’s collaboration in the commission’s health intervention, urging them to assist in equipping the commission’s regional specialist cardiovascular and orthopedic hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Ogbuku said further: “As part of our commitment to expanding the frontier of the NDDC’s Public Private Partnership, PPP, I welcome the opportunity to meet with UAE officials to foster collaboration in health, education, as well as oil and gas.”