An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives has scheduled Thursday, October 12, for the screening of nominees to the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The announcement was made in a joint statement issued on Wednesday by the Chairperson of the House Committee on NDDC, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, and the House Spokesperson, Akin Rotimi.
The ad hoc committee set up by the House to screen the nominees include; Julius Ihonvbere (House Leader), Abdullahi Halims (Deputy Leader), Kingsley Chinda (Minority Leader), Ali Isa (Deputy Minority Leader), Usman Kumo (Chief Whip), Oriyomi Onanuga (Deputy Chief Whip), Ibori-Suenu and Jafaru Leko (Deputy Chairman, House Committee on NDDC).
President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday written a letter to the House seeking the confirmation of the board of the NDDC. The letter was read on the floor of the green chamber by the Deputy Speaker, Ben Kalu, who presided over Tuesday’s plenary.
The list of nominees, as provided in the president’s letter, is as follows:
- Chiedu Ebie, Chairman (Delta)
- Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director/CEO (Bayelsa)
- Boma Iyaye, ED, Finance & Admin (Rivers)
- Victor Antai, ED, Projects (Akwa Ibom)
- Ifedayo Abegunde, ED, Corporate Services (Ondo)
- Dimaro Denyanbofa (Bayelsa)
- Abasi Ndikan Nkono (Akwa Ibom)
- Monday Igbuya (Delta)
- Tony Okocha (Rivers)
- Patrick Aisowieren (Edo)
- Kyrian Uchegbu (Imo)
- Otitio Atikase (Ondo)
- Dimgba Eruba (Abia)
- Orok Otu Duke (Cross River)
- Nick Wende (North Central)
- Namdas Abdulrazak (North-east)
- Ibrahim Gobir (North-west)
Recall that the Senate screened and cleared the nominees, but the president forwarded the nominees to the House in line with Sections 2 (2) (a) of the NDDC Act (2000), which prescribes that the nominees must be screened and approved by the Senate in consultation with the House of Representatives.
