Akpabio: 10,000 Niger Delta youths to get N50k monthly under NDDC’s internship scheme

Senate President Godswill Akpabio says 10,000 people under the Youth Internship Scheme by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be paid N50,000 monthly.

Akpabio spoke in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, on Tuesday during the executive management engagement with Niger Delta ethnic nationalities and select stakeholders organised by the NDDC.

He said President Bola Tinubu is committed to the development of the region.

The senate president said the beneficiaries of the scheme would be engaged in various activities designed to improve their skills.

He noted that after a presidential directive, the NDDC recently inaugurated five flagship projects covering roads, bridges, and electricity across the region.

He commended the commission for restoring some damaged sections of the east-west road and assured that the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project would not only commence from Lagos but would also start simultaneously from the Niger Delta.

Akpabio added that despite the challenges of developing the Niger Delta region, the NDDC had executed several projects that had improved the lives of the people.

He promised that the commission would receive its full share of statutory allocations.

The senate president stated that the proposed nationwide protests by some youths would not take place in the nine states of the Niger Delta, describing the region as a protest-free zone.