President Muhammadu Buhari has expanded the interim
management committee overseeing the operations of the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC) from three to five members.
On October 30, the president inaugurated a three-man
committee to oversee the operations of the NDDC and ordered a forensic audit of
its operations from 2001 to 2019.
Buhari had appointed Gbene Joi as the acting managing
director; Cairo Ojougboh, as acting executive director, projects; and Ibanga
Bassey, as acting executive director, finance and administration.
But in a statement on Wednesday, Femi Adesina, presidential
spokesman, said Buhari has expanded the committee and appointed Kemebradikumo
Pondei, a professor of medicine at the Niger Delta University, as the
commission’s new acting managing director.
He said Caroline Nagbo and Cecilia Akintomide were also
appointed as members of the committee.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the enlargement of
the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC) from three to five,” he said.
“The five members of the committee are now: Professor
Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, who is the Ag. Managing Director, replacing
Barrister Joy Nunieh; Dr Cairo Ojougboh, Ag. Executive Director (Projects); Mr
Ibanga Bassey Etang, Ag. Executive Director (Finance and Administration); Mrs
Caroline Nagbo (Member); and Cecilia Bukola Akintomide, OON, a former Vice
President with African Development Bank, (Member).
“Prof K.D Pondei, the new Ag. Managing Director, is a
Professor of Medicine at the Niger Delta University, and former Provost,
College of Health Sciences of the institution. President Buhari had earlier
approved that the Interim Management Committee would be in place till the
forensic audit of the NDDC was concluded.”
In January, the committee said it uncovered fraudulent
contracts to the tune of N1 trillion.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan had said the current management
of the NDDC was void after the upper legislative chamber confirmed the
appointment of members of the agency’s board.
But Buhari responded and said the interim committee would
remain until the forensic audit of the commission is completed.
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