President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a letter to the Senate seeking to confirm nominees for the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the letter during plenary on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
The list of nominees consists of 16 nominees who include the Chairman, Dr. Pius Odubu (Edo); Managing Director, Bernard O. Okumagba (Delta); Executive Director Projects, Engr. Otobong Ndem (Akwa Ibom); Executive Director Finance and Admin, Maxwell Okoh (Bayelsa); Delta State representative, Prophet Jones Erue; Chief Victor Ekhatar (Edo); Dr. Joy Yimebe Nunieh (Rivers); and Nwogu Nwogu Abi’s.
Others are Theodore A. Allison (Bayelsa); Victor Antai (Akwa Ibom); Maurice Effiwatt (Cross River); Olugbenga Elema Ondo); Hon. Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian (Imo); Northwest Rep, Aisha Murtala Muhammed (Kano); Northeast Rep, Ardo Zubairu (Adamawa) and Southwest Rep, Engr. Badmus Mutalib (Lagos).
The Senate President after reading the letter asked forwarded it to the Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission to report in a week.
