Do more for
Do more for Niger Deltans, Perm Sec. tells
Staff
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Aminu
Aliyu Bisalla has charged staff of the Ministry at the state
offices to show more commitment in the discharge of their
responsibilities towards the development of the Niger Delta
region and Nigeria in general.
Bisalla gave this charge at an interactive session between the
Management of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and the staff of
the state offices in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states on Tuesday
and Wednesday respectively.
The Permanent Secretary noted that successive administrations in
the country had shown concerns on the development issues affecting
the Niger Delta region over the years. He added that the Ministry
was being repositioned to facilitate the realisation of the
development concerns.
“We have begun to restructure the Ministry of Niger Delta
Affairs in a bid to strengthen its offices in all the nine states
of the Niger Delta so as to achieve its mandate of improving the
lives of the people of the region,” the Permanent Secretary
stressed.
He reiterated the need for the Ministry’s staff in the nine
states to relate properly with the people at the grassroots in
order to know their needs so that necessary actions could be taken
to address them.
“You have to be very vibrant in discharging your duties so that
the Niger Delta people will be able to feel the impacts of the huge
investments of the Federal Government and other development
partners in the region,” he emphasised.
Bisalla reiterated the resolve of the Ministry to
reposition the state offices to be the true ‘eyes’ of the Ministry
in the region. He also assured the state officers of better welfare
and quality working environment.
The Cross River State Coordinator, Engr. Iheomamere Okoro,
thanked the Permanent Secretary and the Ministry’s management for
their restructuring efforts at making the state offices of the
Ministry functional. He opined that the efforts would fast-tract
the developmemt of the Niger Delta region, which he said was the
major mandate of the Ministry.
The Permanent Secretary is on tour of the state offices to
interact with staff so as to have a first hand information on their
challenges in order to address them.
Stephen Kilebi
Deputy Director (Press)