High hopes as NDDC organises Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit 2024

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High hopes as NDDC organises Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit 2024

The current NDDC management, since it was set up in August 2023, appeared to have successfully moved the commission away from scandals and internal wrangling which had bedevilled it in the past.

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