The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of the Chairman and others nominated by President Bola Tinubu into the board and management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
They were confirmed after their screening by the Committee of the Whole.
The NDDC board members are: Chiedu Ebie (Chairman, Delta); Dr. Samuel Ogbuku (Managing Director/CEO, Bayelsa); Boma Iyaye (Executive Director, Finance/ Admin, Rivers); Victor Antai (Executive Director, Projects, Akwa-Ibom); Ifedayo Abegunde (Executive Director, Corporate Services, Ondo) and Senator Dimaro Denyanbofa (Bayelsa).
Other are: Abasi Ndikan Nkono (Akwa Ibom); Monday Igbuya (Delta); Tony Okocha (Rivers); Patrick Aisowieren (Edo); Kyrian Uchegbu (Imo); Victor Kolade Akinjo (Ondo); Dimgba Eruba (Abia); Asu Oku Okang (Cross River); Nick Wende (Northcentral); Namdas Abdulrazak (Northeast) and Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir (Northwest).
Barrister Ebie, the new NDDC Chairman, is a seasoned corporate and commercial lawyer. He was Secretary to the Delta State Government during the immediate past administration of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.
Ogbuku was first nominated as NDDC Managing Director/CEO last November by the then President Muhammadu Buhari. His nomination was confirmed by the Senate. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Political and Administrative Studies and Development Studies, and boasts an impressive profile spanning over 20 years of experience and expertise in crisis management and capacity building, built across diverse fields of excellent human endeavour.
