The Federal Government has inaugurated an Interim Management Committee to take charge of the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
The three-man Interim Management Committee is expected to create the enabling environment for the planned forensic auditing of the commission.
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio who inaugurated the committee, in Abuja on Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the appointment of Dr. Gbene Joi Nunieh as the new Acting Managing Director, while Dr. Cairo Ojougboh is the Acting Executive Director, Projects and Chief Ibanga Bassey Etang is the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration.
According to Senator Akpabio, the Acting Managing Director Dr. Enyia Akwagaga had been directed to hand over to the new Interim Committee on Wednesday 30th October, 2019 by 10.am.
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He noted that the Inauguration of the substantive Board Members would be done after the completion of the forensic exercise which would cover 18 years of NDDC’s operations between 2001- 2019.
He explained that there would be ten (10) slots of auditing firms, and each State would be assigned one slot while the NDDC Headquarters slot would be the coordinating slot.
Akpabio enjoined the Interim Committee to be effective and efficient in the discharge their duties without fear or favour adding that the people of the Niger Delta region and indeed the whole country reposed confidence in them in overseeing the affairs of the Commission.
Speaking after the inauguration, the Interim Managing Director Dr. Gbene Joi Nunieh expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for the opportunity given to them to serve and assured that the team would not disappoint in carrying out their mandate.
