By Chioma Onuegbu MINISTER of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has blamed past failures of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to deliver on its mandate on corruption and weak political and institutional governance in the region. Akpabio spoke on Friday while presenting his keynote address at the NDDC strategic capacity building workshop/ retreat with the theme, “NDDC: Collaborating, Planning and Re-strategizing for a better Niger Delta region” held at Ibom Icon Hotel & Golf Resort. He identified corruption, weak governance and institutional weaknesses, lack of proper synergy as some of the drawbacks of the federal government interventionist agency. He said transparency and inclusiveness in the commission’s budgeting systems, evaluation and strict monitoring of projects and programmes are necessary for the NDDC to impact meaningfully in the region.