Buhari appoints acting MD for NDDC
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By News Editor
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua as the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Engr. Audu-Ohwavborua will perform the duties of the Managing Director in an acting capacity pending the appointment of a substantive Managing Director and members of the Governing Board.
This followed the sacking of Mr Effiong Okon Akwa as the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, by President Buhari, where he directed that the most Senior Director in the Commission should take over the running of its affairs
This development was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Patricia Deworitshe, the Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs.
According to her, this arrangement will subsist pending the appointment of a substantive Managing Director and members of the NDDC Governing Board.
According to the statement, “Sequel to President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the disengagement of the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from his position, the President has further approved that the most senior director in the Commission should take over the running of the affairs of the Commission in line with the Federal Government Circular dated 4th December 2017, with Ref. No. 50/S./C.2/268, pending the appointment of a substantive Managing Director and members of the Governing Board.
“Accordingly, Engr Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, FNSE, will perform the duties of the Managing Director in an acting capacity pending the appointment of a substantive Managing Director and members of the Governing Board.”
