President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate to confirm Lauretta Onochie as substantive chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission Board.
Ms Onochie is Buhari’s special adviser on social media. In 2020 Buhari appointed her as Independent National Electoral Commissioner representing Delta State, but her nomination was blocked by the Senate, saying the appointment “breaches the federal character principle.”
Buhari in a letter to Senate Wednesday also nominated 14 others for the NDDC board they include Chief Dr. Samuel Ibukun as Managing Director for a term of two years to complete the term of his predecessor in office (Bayelsa State, South-South), Dimgba Erugba State representative (Abia, South-East); Dr. Ene Willcox Wills (Akwa Ibom, State Representative, South-South); former Deputy Edo Governor Dr. Pius Odudu (Edo, South-South representative); Hon. Gbenga Edema (Ondo, South-West); Elder Dimaroe Daniya Bofa, State Representative, Bayelsa State, South-South; Hon. Orok Duke, State Representative, Cross River, South-South and Engr. Anthony Ekene (Imo, South-East),
Others are Mr. Onyekachi Dimkpa (Rivers, South-South), Alhaji Mohammed Kabiru Abubakar (Zonal Representative, Nasarawa), Professor Tallen Mamman, SAN (North-East Representative, Adamawa), Alhaji Sadiq Sami Sule (Kebbi State, North-West, Zonal Representative), Maj. Gen. Charles Ehigie Airhiavbere (Rtd) (Executive Director of Finance) and Charles Ogunmola (Executive Director Project, South-West).
The statement titled: “Confirmation of appointments of Chairman and members of the Niger Delta Development Commission” reads in part: “In accordance with the provisions of Section 2(2)A of the NDDC Act, Cap N86, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, I hereby present the underlisted 15 names of nominees as Chairman and members of the NDDC for confirmation by the Senate.”
