Ndoma-Egba assures Niger Delta varsities of NDDC supports

By Martin Paul Abuja

Th e Chairman Governing Board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has expressed the willingness of the Commission to support universities in the Niger Delta region. Ndoma-Egba made the promise when the Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Professor John Omini Off em, led a delegation of the 11th Governing Council of the university on a courtesy visit to his offi ce in Abuja, recently. A press release by the Special Assistant Communication, Clara Braide, said the chairman assured the delegation of the commitment of NDDC board to change the economic fortunes of the region by undertaking youth oriented projects that would create jobs for the people of the Region.

He intimated them on the plans of the commission to ring the region with Fibre Optics, which would provide internet penetration and access across the entire Niger Delta region stating that “internet connectivity is a catalyst to development”. Ndoma-Egba congratulated the pro-chancellor and members of his council on their appointment into the Governing Board of FUTO, while commending the university for producing well trained graduates “who are doing very well in their various professional fi elds. “NDDC is giving special attention to universities in the member states of the region because we believe that well educated and empowered youths are the real resource of the nation and not oil”. “Technology is a key driver of any economy. Oil is a fi nite resource which might either dry up someday or made irrelevant by technology. We must, therefore, begin to look at an economy outside oil” he emphasised. “Similar creative and innovative minds that could drive technology could also be found in Abia, IMO and indeed other parts of the Region “he added. He expressed the willingness of the Commission to collaborate with FUTO to jump start the process of adding more value to all universities in the region and the academic community

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