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Nigerians Need Not Worry Over 2015 Polls – NDDC Boss

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured that all will be well despite Nigerians’ worry over next year’s general elections. Addressing participants at a … Continue reading Nigerians Need Not Worry Over 2015 Polls – NDDC Boss


Postgraduate ScholarshipThe Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has assured that all will be well despite Nigerians’ worry over next year’s general elections.

Addressing participants at a workshop,  sponsored by the NDDC,  to prepare, equip and empower the people of the Niger Delta Region for a peaceful and effective participation in the 2015 elections, the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Bassey Dan-Abia, told them that the commission considered it a duty to contribute its quota to ensure the success of the forthcoming general elections in the country.

Mr Dan-Abia, represented by his Special Adviser on Youth, Sports, Culture and Women Affairs, Barr. George Turnah, disclosed that the NDDC must be in the forefront in the quest to get it right in the 2015 polls this time.

He added that the country is blessed with a leader who believes in a transparent electoral process as he reminded them that President Goodluck Jonathan was the chief proponent of one-man-one-vote.

The NDDC Chief Executive Officer harped on the need for a peaceful and successful election, stating that the process leading up to the elections was as important as the election itself.

Rivers State Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Oliver Wolugbom, said that a lot of things have changed in the electoral process, making it unnecessary to stick with the old habits of engaging in malpractices on election days.

The NOA director said that the theme of the workshop, Citizens Responsibility: Towards a Peaceful 2015 General Elections was very apt as “Nigerians need to have faith in their country and believe that they will get it right this time

Mr. Wolugbom also appealed to the civil society groups, especially those with international affiliations, to be patriotic and help the country to build strong institutions that would serve as proponents of growth and development.

Also speaking, the Executive Director, Projects at the Commission, Engr. Tuoyo Omatsuli, who was represented by a principal office in his office, Mrs Imoni Ahunwa, in an interview listed the benefits of the workshop saying that, there was no better time to do this than now hence the people and youths of the region would know that it is no longer business as usual.