NDDC Gets Interim Administrator As President Buhari Sacks Pondei-Led Management Committee
The Prof Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The development came to be on Saturday, December 12, 2020.
A statement made available by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity revealed a new management team with Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as head will be in charge for the time being.
The statement reads…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of an interim administrator to oversee the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)
He is Mr Effiong Okon Akwa, the Ag. Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Commission, who is to assume headship till completion of the forensic audit.
Mr Akwa is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The development became necessary as a result of plethora of litigation and a restraining order issued recently against the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC by a Federal High Court in Abuja.
