Buhari nominates Akpabio's ex-deputy, Ndoma-Egba, Ekere as NDDC Chairman, MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba and Mr. Nsima Ekere as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), respectively.

Their names were contained in a letter sent to Senate President Bukola Saraki by the president yesterday, seeking their confirmation by the Senate.

Should the Senate confirm them, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, who is currently acting as the managing director of the commission, would step down.

Semenitari was appointed to takeover from Dan Abia when he was removed from the post by Buhari last year.
However, since her appointment, stakeholders and indigenes of Akwa Ibom have cried out that her appointment was in violation of the NDDC Act which provides that the position of chairman and MD of the commission must be rotated among the nine oil producing states in the country for tenures of four years.