We Are Here to Make a Difference by Meeting the Mandate of NDDC, MD Tells Staff

Okon Bassey in Uyo

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has pledged commitment and determination to make a difference in meeting the mandate of the commission.

Ogbuku made the pledge while declaring open a three-day training workshop for staff of the Corporate Affairs Departments of the commission held in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

He noted that communities within the region were eagerly looking up to the commission for sustainability and growth, hence, “departments within NDDC must work as a team to deliver their activities.”

Represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Obegha Oworibo, the managing director of the agency reminded participants that the Corporate Affairs Department serves as the nexus between the organisation and the public, and must therefore be properly positioned for greater productivity.

On the theme of the capacity building workshop: ‘Building Capacity for Excellence’, he said the outing is intended to assist the department to review its professional activities, identify its strength and weaknesses as well as deepen its determination to work as a  team.

According to him, “The training workshop is intended to review our professional activities and bring staff together; it will also expose our strength and weaknesses and deepen our determination to work as a team.

“The team leads should be intentional about grooming subordinates and subordinates should be intentional to learn, unlearn and relearn. Therefore, I implore you to give this training workshop its desired attention.”

The managing director also commended the Corporate Affairs Department and the consultant/organiser of the training, Clear Point, for assembling a great team of professionals to drill his staff.

Earlier, the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Ibitoye Abosede, said the training exercise was necessitated by the recent unbundling of the department into five district units and the need to bring staff up to date with expectations of their individual offices.

Abosede listed the five units recently caved out of the department to include: Event Management and Protocol, Media Relations, Communication and Publications, Branding, and New Media.

On his part, the Managing Director of Clear Point, media consultant to NDDC and organisers of the event, Mr. Moffat Ekoriko, also identified the influx of new employees and the need to bring them up to speed with public communication as one of the factors that necessitated the training.