Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the 2025 statutory project proposal of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the House of Representatives for consideration and passage.

The proposal was conveyed in a letter read at Thursday's plenary by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the plenary.

In the letter, the president said the submission was made in line with the provisions of Section 121 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which empowers the National Assembly to consider and approve statutory budgets of federal agencies.

By law, the NDDC is funded primarily through statutory contributions from the federal government, oil and gas-producing companies, and other designa...