HOSTCOM demands creation of NDDC in Kogi state 

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HOSTCOM demands creation of NDDC in Kogi state 

The Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), has inten­sified pressures on the Federal Government and Kogi State government to establish the Niger Delta Development Com­mission (NDDC) .

The HOSTCOM Chairman in Kogi, Bishop Gabriel Ojoka, made the call in a communiqué issued after the joint meeting of HOSTCON, HOSCOM and Nag’oh Communities held in Asaba, Delta State.

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Ojoka, who is also the Na­tional leader and Chairman Northern States’ Area of HOSTCOM, noted that the es­tablishment of NDDC in Kogi will enable the people to benefit in the developmental activities of the commission.

While stressing the need for the state government to carry along HOSTCOM, Kogi chap­ter in the implementation of its programmes like other oil producing states of the feder­ation.

He noted that the state gov­ernment has expressed opti­mism that it would not sideline HOSTCOM in Kogi State.

He commended the HOST­COM members for their turn­out from across the country in­cluding the National Executive officials of the organisations.