Senate Approves Pius Odubu, Bernard Okumagba Chairman, MD Of New NDDC Board

 A new board has been approved for the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by the Senate on Tuesday.

The Senate approved Pius Odubu as Chairman and Bernard Okumagba as Managing Director of the NDDC board.

The upper legislative chamber also confirmed all but one of the sixteen names sent for confirmation into the NDDC board by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Senate rejected the nomination of Joy Nunieh, who was said to have failed to appear before the Senate for screening last week.

The confirmed nominees are former Deputy Governor of Edo state, Dr Pius Odubu (Chairman); Bernard Okumagba (Delta) Managing Director; Otobong Ndem (Akwa Ibom)-Executive Director, Projects; Maxwell Oko (Bayelsa)-Executive Director, Finance and Administration; Jones Erue (Delta); Victor Ekhator (Edo); Nwogu N Nwogu (Abia) and Theodore Allison (Bayelsa).

Others are Victor Antai (Akwa Ibom); Maurice Effiwat (Cross River); Olugbenga Edema (Ondo); Uchegbu Kyrian (Imo); Aisha Muhammed (North West); Shuaibu Zubairu (North East) and Abdullahu Bage (North Central).

President Buhari had written to the Senate on October 29, 2019, seeking the confirmation of the nominees “in accordance with the provision of section 2(2)(a) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) (Establishment) Act, 2000.”