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Nigeria: NDDC - a Disturbing Cesspool of Corruption

[This Day] The Niger Delta Development Commission, an idea conceived to speed up the development of the oil producing region of the country, has completely derailed from her dreams and philosophy and is now riddled with allegations of corruption, writes Ernest Chinwo

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