British Government To Partner NDDC On Clean Energy

The British High Commission in Nigeria has said it would explore partnership with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with focus on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure in the Niger Delta region.

The second secretary (political) at the  High Commission, Mr. Hamish Tye, said this when he led a delegation that visited the NDDC managing director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, at the headquarters in Port Harcourt.

Tye said the NDDC had shown commitment to realising sustainable development in the Niger Delta through partnerships and collaborations with national and international development agencies.

He said: “The attraction to the NDDC now is to explore the possibility of collaboration. Given the work the NDDC is doing in the Niger Delta region, I believe a lot of partners would support its efforts more broadly.  We will further explore partnership with the NDDC, with a focus on renewable, clean energy and green infrastructure.”

NDDC’s chief executive officer, Ogbuku, said the commission had made public-private partnerships the core policy focus to drive the development of the Niger Delta region.

The NDDC boss who stated that there had been positive fall-outs from the conference in Abuja, said: “For delegates from the British High Commission in Nigeria to visit us, it shows that they believe in us and are interested in what we are doing. This means that we are making remarkable progress.”