NDDC: Buhari to inaugurate 1000-bed capacity UNIUYO hostel December 30

Gideon Ekere, Uyo

A modern and well-furnished students’ hostel, built and donated by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the University of Uyo, is to be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, December 30.

It was learnt that the complex would accommodate 1,000 students (500 males and 500 females). The complex is said to be equipped with modern facilities like WiFi, sports arena, food court, spacious car park, high-security fence, solar lightings, among others.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Professor Nyaudo Ndaeyo said, “We are very excited that NDDC under Mr Efiong Akwa has finally completed this hostel project which started several years ago.

“We look forward to receiving the President. The hostel will provide comfortable accommodation to our students.”

Many important dignitaries, including the governors of the Niger Delta States; Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio; members of the National Assembly, Vice-Chancellor of the University and his management team, members of the political call and the business community are expected at the event scheduled to begin at 10 am.

“We push hard to complete the hostel project because we had received marching orders from the President to focus more on projects that have immense impacts on the host communities,” Akwa said.

It was gathered that the complex would be the third major NDDC project to be inaugurated by President Buhari since Akwa was appointed the NDDC’s chief executive officer on December 12 last year.

The first was the agency’s Head Office which was inaugurated on March 11, followed by the 176-flat police barracks in Omagwa, Port Harcourt, launched in September.

Within the same period also, many roads and other projects across the NDDC states have also been completed and put to use by the commission.

In addition, NDDC has also donated medical equipment and consumables and garbage trucks to the state governments in the region.