2 Years Scorecard: MOSIEND Commends NDDC Board
The leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), has hailed the current Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for what it described as “two years of visionary, transformative and people-focused leadership” under Managing Director/CEO Dr. Samuel Ogbuku.
Speaking at a media parley held at the MOSIEND Secretariat in Port Harcourt at the weekend, National President, Dr. Kennedy Tonjo West, praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for constituting a board that has “delivered visible, measurable results” in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda.
“MOSIEND has never been silent when things go wrong. We have confronted managerial excesses and demanded accountability in the past,” Dr. West stated. “What we are witnessing today is a clear departure from abandoned projects, infrastructural decay and administrative stagnation.”
Highlighting concrete achievements recorded within the last two years, the MOSIEND leader listed several flagship projects already completed across the region:
– The 27.5-km Ogbia–Nembe Road in Bayelsa State (in partnership with Shell), linking 14 riverine communities and boosting trade and security.
– The 6-km Iko–Ibeno Coastal Road and 600-metre bridge in Akwa Ibom State, now a lifeline for fishermen and traders.
– The 9-km Obehie–Oke Ikpe Road in Abia State, easing movement for farmers in Ukwa West LGA.
– A 45-km double-circuit transmission line from Omotosho to Okitipupa and a 15 MVA injection substation in Amufi, Benin City, restoring electricity to communities in Ondo and Edo States that had been in darkness for over a decade.
Dr. West also noted that several long-abandoned projects have been revived and are progressing steadily, including the Kaa–Ataba Road and Bridge and the Okrika–Borokiri Road and Bridge in Rivers State, as well as the strategic 27-km Bonny Ring Road with 13 bridges on Bonny Island.
Beyond physical infrastructure, the MOSIEND president commended the NDDC for institutional reforms: stronger corporate governance, transparent procurement processes, improved financial discipline, and robust monitoring and evaluation mechanisms that have reduced leakage and restored public confidence in the Commission.
On human capital development, he highlighted expanded scholarship programmes, youth internships, ICT and skills acquisition schemes, and targeted support for women- and youth-led enterprises.
Calling development a “shared responsibility,” Dr. West urged ethnic nationalities, traditional rulers, youth groups, civil, community and faith-based organisations across the Niger Delta to rally behind the current NDDC leadership, protect ongoing projects, and ensure the gains are sustained.
“Our region cannot afford to return to the old order of abandonment and despair,” he stressed. “What the NDDC is doing today is not just building roads and bridges; it is rebuilding trust and raising confidence in what is possible when leadership matches responsibility with sincere action.”
The MOSIEND leader reaffirmed his organisation’s commitment to advocating transparency, empowerment, peace and sustainable development for the Izon nation and the entire Niger Delta region.
The commendation from MOSIEND, a prominent and often outspoken socio-cultural and advocacy group in the region, is seen by observers as a significant endorsement of the Ogbuku-led NDDC board as it marks its second anniversary.
