Secretary to the Government of
the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha, has denied an alleged extension of the
present board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The SGF’s reaction was contained
in a letter on Thursday signed by the Permanent Secretary in his office, Dayo
Apata.
In the letter titled: ‘Re:
Clarification on the Tenure of the Governing Board of the NDDC’, the SGF said
the Ndoma Egba-led board was not a continuation of the dissolved one headed by
Bassey Henshaw.
”Section 5(2) of the act refers
to a situation where a vacancy occurs as a result of any of the provisions of
section 5(1) of the act as opposed to when the entire board is dissolved . In
this case, the previous board was dissolved and its tenure extinguished.
“Dissolution of the board cannot
be categorised as a vacancy under the act. Dissolution signifies total
extinguishing of the board; it simply ceases to exist and there cannot be any
remainder of any term which a successor is expected to complete .
“There has to be a fresh
composition of the board for a fresh term of four years.”
Sen. Emmanuel Paulker (PDP
Bayelsa) had raised alarm over the alleged extension.
Paulker had in a motion stated
that contrary to the clear provisions of Section 5 (3) of the NDDC Act, the
tenure of the present board had been illegally extended to four years by the
immediate past Acting Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr Habiba
Lawal.
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