20th December, 2022
Lauretta Ifeanyi-Onochie, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, has been confirmed by the Senate as the substantive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission Board.
The Senate confirmed Onochie’s appointment during plenary Tuesday.
The plenary also confirmed 12 others except two who didn’t attend the screening conducted last Friday at the National Assembly complex.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday, last week, asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of Onochie.
Buhari had also named 14 others in the letter as Managing Directors, Executive Directors, and members of the Board.
Those named included Samuel Ogbokwu, from Bayelsa State, as the Managing Director, who would serve for two years to complete the term of his predecessor in office.
Other members are Dimgba Erugba, representing Abia State, Dr. Emem Willcox Wills ( Akwa Ibom), Denyanbofa Dimaro (Bayelsa State), Hon. Orok Duke (Cross River) and Dr. Pius Odudu ( Edo State).
Others included Engineer Anthony Ekenne (Imo State), Hon. Gbenga Edema (Ondo State), Elekwachi Dimkpa (Rivers State), Alhaji Mohammed Kabir Abubakar ( Nasarawa State, representing North-Cenral zone), Alhaji Sadiq Sami Sule – Ikoh ( Kebbi State, North-West) and Prof. Tahir Mamman SAN, (Adamawa State, North-East).
The President also nominated Major-General Charles Airhiavbere (retd) from Edo State as the (Executive Director, Finance) and Charles Ogunmola, from Ondo State, as the Executive Director, Projects.