- The partnership will focus on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure.
- NDDC Executive Management visited the India High Commission, French Development Agency (AFD) and the German Development Agency (GIZ) offices in Abuja to secure funding and technical expertise for projects.
The British High Commission has disclosed plans to explore partnerships with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The partnerships will focus on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure in the Niger Delta region. The Second Secretary (Political), British High Commission, Abuja, Mr Hamish Tye, said this when his team visited the Managing Director, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt.
Tye said that the NDDC had shown commitment to realising sustainable development in the Niger Delta region through partnerships and collaborations with national and international development agencies. He stated, “The attraction to the NDDC now is to explore collaboration possibilities. Given the work the NDDC is doing in the Niger Delta region, I believe many partners would support its efforts more broadly. We would further explore partnerships with the NDDC, with a focus on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure.”
The NDDC Chief Executive Officer told the British delegation that the commission had made Public-Private Partnership the core policy focus to drive the development of the Niger Delta region upon the assumption of office. “We have visited several embassies and met with development partners and donor agencies. Partnerships are one of the major ways to achieve sustainable development in the Niger Delta region, and it is important that NDDC, as the driver of development in the region, stays at the forefront of ensuring that the right partnerships are made.
“We had the Policy Dialogue with Development Partners in Abuja recently to deepen governance through transparency and value-added partnerships. It focused on how best NDDC, development partners, and the private sector could collaborate and promote greater synergy for enhanced results in the overall development of the region,” he added.
Ogbuku said there had been positive fall-outs from the conference in Abuja, noting that the delegates’ visit from the British High Commission in Nigeria to NDDC shows that they believe in and are interested in what the commission is doing. According to him, this means NDDC is making remarkable progress.
Recently, the NDDC Executive Management visited the India High Commission in Abuja, as well as the French Development Agency (AFD) and the German Development Agency (GIZ) offices in Abuja, to explore innovative funding mechanisms and secure technical expertise for impactful projects.