The Niger Delta Development Commission says it has developed a new concept of working with the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce in the training of youths and aspiring entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta region.
Speaking during a youth interactive forum organised by the NDDC in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, stated that the commission would collaborate with the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce to support small and medium-scale enterprises in the Niger Delta region.
Ogbuko stated that they are considering setting up a Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce that will strengthen young entrepreneurs in the region.
He disclosed that they are changing the NDDC Youth Volunteer programme to Youth Internship Programmes where youths will be attached to organisations for one year to learn skills.
In a validictory remark, the NDDC Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Major General Charles Airhiavbere, (retd.), assured the Niger Delta youths that the new ideas put forward by the commission’s managing director had been incorporated into the commission’s 2024 budget.
