Tinubu seeks support to accelerate Niger Delta development
By Abeeb Adekunle President Bola Tinubu has called on leaders and stakeholders from the South-South and Niger Delta regions to support his administration’s efforts to develop the Niger Delta. Tinubu made the remark in a statement issued by Mrs. Seledi Thompson-Wakama, Director of Corporate Affairs at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, March 12, 2005. According to the statement, the President recently welcomed a delegation of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) which visited him in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Tinubu told the delegation that the support from regional leaders and stakeholders for the NDDC would accelerate development in the Niger Delta. He described the region as “the goose that lays the golden egg,” and emphasised the need for urgent attention and sustained development efforts in the region. “We must care for the Niger Delta, otherwise, we lose the golden egg,” Tinubu stated. The president ...