The creation of the Niger Delta Development Commission (2000)

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was established by President Olusegun Obasanjo with the sole mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger-Delta region of southern Nigeria. Since its inauguration, the NDDC has focused on the development of social and physical infrastructures, ecological/environmental remediation and human development. A new ministry called Niger Delta Ministry is created now [2008], to address the niger delta issue by the pressent government [president: umaru musa yaradua] but most niger deltans view it as a distraction from the federal government since they also have the NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION [NDDC] in place too.