Ogbuku: We Won’t Fail Tinubu at NDDC

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has assured President Bola Tinubu, that his leadership would not disappoint him in achieving the mandate of the commission.

Ogbuku made the pledge yesterday,  during an interactive session with management and staff of NDDC at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt.
Thanked Tinubu for reappointing him, he stated, “The President has high expectations of us, especially to change the narrative of the NDDC and the Niger Delta region. I assure him that we will not fail. This reappointment gives me a renewed vigour to revamp the NDDC and develop the Niger Delta region.

“I might have the ideas but I also need the input of directors and staff and to bring these ideas to fruition. We would work together to make Mr. President proud.”
The NDDC boss said he was ready to take on new challenges, stating: “We need to record more successes in this new dispensation. I believe that working together, we can get better results.

“I want to be a servant leader and I need the feathers of NDDC staff to fly to greater heights. I, therefore urge the staff to support my vision for the Niger Delta region.”

Ogbuku also paid tribute to members of the dissolved NDDC Board for “sacrificing their time and resources for the good of the Niger Delta region.”
He expressed hope that members of the reconstituted Board would equally be committed to serving the people of the region, appealing to NDDC staff to warmly receive the incoming Board and ensure that there were no hiccups.

Ogbuku also stressed the need for the various directorates in NDDC to work as a team, saying, “I do not want directorates to work in isolation or at cross purposes anymore.  Let us try and synchronise our programmes.”

Reacting to a question on what he would like to be remembered for, he said: “I want to be remembered as a good brother, father and husband in the NDDC family. Transparency and accountability are very important to me.”