By Baron Ike
President Muhammadu Buhari, has sacked the Prof. Nelson Brambaifa-led board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
He did on Tuesday when he named a new board subject to Senate confirmation to be headed by Dr. Pius Odudu.
Dr-Pius-Odubu, Chairman.
Brambaifa has been directed to hand-over to the most senior Director in the Commission.
Brambaifa and his team had been working tirelessly of late to get the nod of Buhari to confirm their appointment having functioned in acting capacity for some time.
In a statement by the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olusegun A. Adekunle, Buhari approved the sack of the Brambaifa team and the reconstitution of a new team.
The new appointees and their states of origin: are Dr. Pius Odubu (Edo) – Chairman, Bernard O. Okumagba (Delta) – Managing Director, Executive Director Projects – Engr. Otobong Ndem (Akwa Ibom), Executive Director Finance & Admin. – Maxwell Okoh (Bayelsa).
Okumagba, MD NDDC
State representatives in the board are Delta Rep – Prophet Jones Erue (Delta), Edo Rep – Chief Victor Ekhatar (Edo), Rivers Rep – Dr. Joy Yimebe Nunieh (Rivers), Abia Rep – Nwogu Nwogu (Abia), Bayelsa Rep – Theodore A. Allison (Bayelsa).
Others are Akwa Ibom Rep – Victor Antai (Akwa Ibom), Cross River Rep – Maurice Effiwatt (Cross River), Ondo Rep – Olugbenga Elema (Ondo), Imo Rep – Hon. Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian (Imo), Northwest Rep – Aisha Murtala Muhammed (Kano), Northeast Rep – Ardo Zubairu (Adamawa), and Southwest Rep – Engr. Badmus Mutalib (Lagos).
The Chairman and members of the newly composed Governing Board are also invited to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday, September 2, 2019 at 2.00 p.m for proper documentation and briefing.
“They are to come along with their updated CVs and valid identification,” the statement stated.