For three days, the personnel of the office of Executive Director, Corporate Service (EDCS) and Department of Corporate Governance and Due Process of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), converged in Lagos, for a retreat master class programme to enhance their capacity. The capacity building retreat with the theme: “Building Synergy For Optimal Service Delivery And Effective Corporate Governance,” held at The Amber Residence, GRA, Ikeja, facilitated by Peace and Development Projects (PEDEP) and MARG Education International with resources persons from the academia and consultancy firms including KPMG, was organised to create awareness and enhance the capacity of the personnel. In his keynote address, the Executive Director, Corporate Services, Ifedayo Abegunde, emphasised the need for staff of the relevant departments and units within the NDDC to lead the charge for diligent corporate governance and optimal service delivery to enable the commission fulfill its mandate in the Niger Delta.
According to Abegunde, the retreat and the master class programme is a further testimony to the determination of the Samuel Ogbuku led management, as well as the governing board headed by Mr. Chinedu Ibie to ensure that the NDDC is holistically repositioned for effective, focus-oriented and verifiable performances in line with the interventionist agenda that impact positively on the people and communities across the Niger Delta. In his presentation, titled: “Discipline Capital:.