{"id":106685,"date":"2024-01-09T20:52:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha"},"modified":"2024-01-09T23:17:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T22:17:03","slug":"rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha","title":{"rendered":"Rivers has over 953 abandoned NDDC projects \u2013 Okocha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Rivers State representative in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Tony Okocha, has disclosed the existence of over 953 abandoned projects in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>Okochja disclosed this during a recent session with traditional rulers in the state, where he affirmed that a 200 per cent increment in the 2024 budgetary allocation for NDDC by President Bola Tinubu will help to address infrastructural challenges in Niger Delta communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my study, it was clear that Rivers State is number two in states that have abandoned projects. Rivers State has 953 abandoned NDDC projects. These projects dotted the nooks and crannies of the state,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, NDDC Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Boma Iyaye, disclosed the 200 per cent increase in the commission\u2019s 2024 budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Government has approved N300 billion for the Niger Delta region. That is a very serious leap from what it used to be. We used to be in the region of N109 billion for the entire region, but in 2024, it has moved from about N100 billion to N300 billion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Rivers State representative in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Tony Okocha, has disclosed the existence of over 953 abandoned projects in Rivers State. Okochja disclosed this during a recent session with traditional rulers in the state, where he affirmed that a 200 per cent increment in the 2024 budgetary allocation for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":106684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,818,254,3489,421],"class_list":["post-106685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nddc","tag-nigeria","tag-okocha","tag-rivers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rivers has over 953 abandoned NDDC projects \u2013 Okocha - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rivers State representative in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Tony Okocha, has disclosed the existence of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers has over 953 abandoned NDDC projects \u2013 Okocha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rivers State representative in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Tony Okocha, has disclosed the existence of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-09T19:52:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-09T22:17:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/sm_1704822111.003813.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rivers has over 953 abandoned NDDC projects \u2013 Okocha\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-09T19:52:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-09T22:17:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/sm_1704822111.003813.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"NDDC\",\"Nigeria\",\"okocha\",\"Rivers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-has-over-953-abandoned-nddc-projects-okocha\",\"name\":\"Rivers has over 953 abandoned NDDC projects \u2013 Okocha - 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