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NDDC to Connect Niger Delta States by Rail

Tapre Timine
Tapre Timine
Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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The Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) has moved to connect Niger Delta States by railways.

Daily Report Nigeria reports that the NDDC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States Consulate and a United States-based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc., AGRI, to build a railway network connecting the nine states of the Niger Delta region.

This formed part of activities when the Commission held a one-day Public-Private Partnerships Summit in Lagos, on Tuesday.

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The NDDC would provide locomotives, construct railway lines, and operate the same in the oil-producing states of Rivers, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Imo, and Abia.

The MoU was signed by the Managing Director/CEO of the NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, on behalf of the Commission, Mr. Chamberlain Eke, on behalf of the United States Consulate, and Mr. Tony Akpele, on behalf of AGRI.

According to Dr. Ogbuku, the NDDC was determined to renavigate the process of its intervention in the Niger Delta so that it can achieve its mandate “of facilitating the rapid, even and sustainable development of the Niger Delta into a region that is economically prosperous, socially stable, ecologically regenerative and politically peaceful.”

He stated that the MOU represented a big harvest for the NDDC from the PPP Summit.

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In his goodwill message at the summit, former NDDC Managing Director, Chief Timi Alaibe, expressed delight at the PPP initiative taken by the new leadership of the Commission.

He said:

“This is the first time in 15 years that I am attending an NDDC function. This is because the new board is charting a new course that is impressive.

“Far back, after the implementation of the Master Plan, we decided on an implementation plan which involved all key stakeholders. We decided that the Master Plan cannot be funded by the government alone. We needed the private sector, which is why I support holding the summit in Lagos, Nigeria’s financial capital. The concept of rewinding and rebirth is sweet to the ears.”

In his speech, the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, hailed the NDDC for admitting that it had suffered from goal displacement.

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He said:

“The NDDC Management and the Board have shown courage by putting the Summit together. The NDDC has our prayers and support. What is missing is not the ideas, but the courage.”

Also giving a goodwill message, the former Managing Director of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, applauded the NDDC Board and Management for striving to leave legacies in the region.

The MD said:

“The founding fathers of the NDDC intended that the NDDC should be a catalyst for development. The PPP arrangement is a new way of getting good results. There must be a fusion between the private sector and the public sector. It is important to bring in the resources and expertise of the private sector.”

This is coming after the Nsima Ekere-led NDDC signed an MoU with United Kingdom Government to develop the Niger Delta in May 2017.

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