
AFTER PROTESTS, TINUBU AMMENDS NDDC BOARD NOMINATION LIST
After protests by citizens of Ondo and Cross-River states over their representatives on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reshuffled the list of nominees for the board.
In a press statement signed by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), he said “President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate replacement of the NDDC’s Ondo State Representative nominee, Mr. Victor Akinjo, with a new Ondo State Representative nominee, Hon. Otito Atikase.
“The President has equally approved the immediate replacement of the NDDC’s Cross River State Representative nominee, Mr. Asi Oku Okang, with a new Cross River State Representative, Rt. Hon. Orok Otuk Duke.
“Furthermore, the immedate past Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of the NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, is reappointed to a second term and will remain in acting capacity, pending the Senate’s confirmation of his reappointment.”
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