The Honourable Minister of State, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Sharon Ikeazor (Esq.) Says she would bring the experiences she garnered from various establishments to bear in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs.

According to a statement made available to journalists by the Director Press & Public Relations, MNDA, Deworitshe Patricia, the Minister of State, who was redeployed from the Ministry of Environment, stated this Wednesday in Abuja while being received in the Ministry.

According to her, “My coming to Niger Delta is like home coming, when we talk about environmental degradation, community development; it is the Niger Delta region, the experience I had in the Ministry of Environment, I’ll bring into the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs”.

She expressed gratitude to the President for the opportunity granted her to head the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, stating that the job was most fulfilling as she was able to impact lives of the senior citizens

“I was assigned to another Ministry that their work impact on the lives of the whole Nigeria, the whole world, the environment we depend on, the air we breathe, food we eat, that was another fulfilling work”, she added.

She further pledged her unflinching support to actualizing the mandate and vision of the Ministry for the good of Nigerians and the Niger Deltans within the short period she would be in office.

Minister of State, MNDA, Sharon Ikeazor with the Perm. sec. Engr. Olufunso Adebiyi

In his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, MNDA,
Engr. Olufunso Olusesan Adebiyi FNSE assured her of the commitment of staff of the Ministry towards their duties and fulfilment of its mandate, “ we are going to give you all humanly support to make sure you succeed…I want to assure you of our loyalty and high sense of commitment to duty”.