President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a 16-man Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Olusegun Adekunle, permanent secretary in the office of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
The new board members are:
1) Chairman Dr. Pius Odubu — Edo
2) Managing Director Bernard O. Okumagba — Delta
3) Executive Director Projects Engr. Otobong Ndem — Akwa Ibom
4) Executive Director Finance & Admin. Maxwell Okoh — Bayelsa
5) Delta Rep Prophet Jones Erue — Delta
6) Edo Rep Chief Victor Ekhatar — Edo
7) Rivers Rep Dr. Joy Yimebe Nunieh — Rivers
8) Abia Rep Nwogu Nwogu — Abia
9) Bayelsa Rep Theodore A. Allison — Bayelsa
10) Akwa Ibom Rep Victor Antai — Akwa Ibom
11) Cross River Rep Maurice Effiwatt — Cross River
12) Ondo Rep Olugbenga Elema — Ondo
13) Imo Rep Hon. Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian — Imo
14) Northwest Rep Aisha Murtala Muhammed — Kano
15) Northeast Rep Ardo Zubairu — Adamawa
16) Southwest Rep Engr. Badmus Mutalib — Lagos