NDDC makes plans to boost internet service in the Niger delta

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it will boost digital learning by linking the entire Niger Delta region with fiber optics that will facilitate internet penetration and speed.

The Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, stated this when members of the Governing Council and Management of the Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa, paid him a courtesy visit at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt.

Senator Ndoma-Egba said the Commission was making efforts to create a new environment that would bring the Niger Delta in line with the digital age.

The Chairman assured the team from the College of Education Akamkpa that they and other tertiary institutions in the region would benefit from the proposed high-speed internet network.

He further urged them to look in a new direction of education, which is technology-based and driven by e-learning.

Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman, Governing Council of the Cross River State College of Education, Dr Steve Ada, said the college needed urgent assistance to ensure it fulfilled its vision and mission of producing professional and competent teachers in arts, science and technology.