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New Acting MD named for NDDC, as interim administrator is disengaged
Agency Report
An acting Managing Director has been appointed for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), He is Engr. Emmanuel Audu Ohwavborua, an Urhobo from Delta State.
This is coming hours after the commission’s sole administrator, Mr Effiong Okon Akwa was relieved of his appointment.
According to a statement issued by the Director of Press in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Patricia Deworitshe, Akwa’s disengagement was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The President received the final report of the forensic audit in September 2021, and there have been agitations that a board be constituted for the NDDC.
The statement further said: “President Buhari has also approved the constitution of a new management team and governing board of the NDDC in line with Section 5(2) of the NDDC Act 2020. The names of the nominees for the new management team and governing board are to be transmitted to the National Assembly for approval”.
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