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NDDC: Senate Ask New Board To Take Charge

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Following confirmation by the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, Dr Ahmed Lawal has ordered the newly established board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to take over its affairs immediately.

 

Lawan revealed that the law setting up the NDDC does not recognize any interim arrangement once a board is in place.

The President of the Senate added that inaugurating the new board members would not affect the works of the forensic auditors.

He charged the senate committee on NDDC to be alive to its responsibility by carrying out its oversight functions.

The new board comprises a former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Dr Pius Odubu as Chairman of the Board followed by the nominee for the position of Managing Director, Bernard Okumagba.

The Senate also confirmed the nominee for the position of Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Maxwell Okoh from Bayelsa State.

Others confirmed by the red chamber include Delta State representative, Jones Erue; Victor Ekhator (Edo State) and Nwogu Nwogu (Abia State).

Others are Theodore Allison, representing Bayelsa State, Victor Antai (Akwa Ibom); Maurice Effiwatt (Cross River State); Olugbenga Elema (Ondo State); and Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian (Imo State).

Others are the North-East representative, Ardo Zubairu from Adamawa State and Ambassador Abdullahi Bage from Nasarawa State to represent the North Central geopolitical zone and the North-West representative, Aisha Murtala Muhammed, from Kano State,
Meanwhile, the nominee from Rivers State, Dr Joy Yimebe Nunieh, who is the current managing director of the interim management board of the agency shunned the Senate screening.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on the NDDC, Peter Nwaoboshi, while presenting the report of the screening exercise said all invitations extended to the nominee, were turned down.

The Senate, therefore, rejected her nomination.

It would be recalled that sometimes last week, the honourable minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, had set up an interim management team that would be in place for six months to oversee a forensic audit of the agency.

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