House of Reps Set Date To Screen NDDC Board, Management Nominees

An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Thursday, will screen the Nominees for the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The House Spokesperson, Akin Rotimi (APC, Ekiti), and the Chairperson of the House Committee on NDDC, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu (PDP, Delta), made this known in a joint statement released on Wednesday.

“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).

Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu sent a letter to the House requesting that the board of the NDDC be confirmed. Deputy Speaker Ben Kalu, who presided over Tuesday’s plenary, read the letter aloud on the green chamber’s floor.

 “The nominees, as contained in the letter from the president, are 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 State (Rivers); and Patrick Aisowieren (Edo).

“Others are Kyrian Uchegbu (Imo); Otitio Atikase (Ondo); Dimgba Eruba (Abia); Orok Otu Duke (Cross River); Nick Wende (North Central); Namdas Abdulrazak (North-east); and Ibrahim Gobir (North-west).

In accordance with Section 2 (2) (a) of the NDDC Act (2000), which stipulates that the nominees must be reviewed and approved by the Senate in collaboration with the House of Representatives, the president forwarded the nominations to the House after the Senate cleared them.