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New Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), covers up potholes on Uniport street

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It was a calm Tuesday evening, the sun was setting and I had just closed work for the day. Alighting from the taxi I boarded, I notice something unusual just by the entrance to the street. It's a signboard, a type I had seen before in some  rural communities. It bears a familiar symbol and name that catches my attention first - Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Then my eyes stroll to other details on the board: The Presidency Project: Remedial works on failed and unmotorable sections of Gana-Ama (sic) Road, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State Contractor: … Client: Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)  Determined to make a difference … I stood there, starstruck, reading. Then I started laughing at it, not minding the cars that were driving by and watching me laughing at the signboard.  Eheeeen! Sometime last week, I had noticed some heavy duty vehicles were busy on the road and wondered what they were up to. I could hear their pr...