The Niger Delta Development Commission has called for increased investment in agriculture and other sustainable sectors to secure the Niger Delta region’s future.
Speaking on Resource Control during the Nigeria Bar Association’s 66th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said that while oil has blessed the nation and contributed significantly to development, the region cannot afford to remain dependent on it indefinitely.
Otbuku stressed the need for stakeholders to ask fundamental questions about the region’s future beyond oil, particularly by identifying areas where Niger Deltans could exercise greater control.
He noted: “Data remains a critical component of resource control. Without accurate information on what the Niger Delta produces, it would be difficult to determine what it is entitled to receive.
“If we do not control the data, we do not know what we produce; we do not know what is to come to us. We need to put the future into our own hands,” the NDDC boss stated.
