Obasanjo to launch Niger Delta master-plan
By Our correspondent
Published: Friday, 23 Mar 2007
President Olusegun Obasanjo will next Tuesday, launch the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan.

The master-plan is being facilitated by the Niger Delta Development Commission in collaboration with local stakeholders and international development agencies.

The NDDC, in a statement issued by its Head of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Anietie Usen, said the historic event would be held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The nine governors of the Niger Delta states; members of the National Assembly; chief executives of oil companies; leading traditional rulers; representatives of youth groups; and a cross-section of the diplomatic community will also attend the ceremony.

At the inception of the NDDC in 2001, Obasanjo had underscored the need to drive development programmes in the Niger Delta with a well-thought-out regional master-plan.

He also mandated the NDDC to spearhead the design of a regional master-plan for the Niger Delta that would serve as a framework for rapid development of the region.

The commission immediately set out with the task, carrying along with it the over 13,000 communities in the region, the nine states and the 185 local government areas in the region as well as the oil companies and international development agencies.

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