Jonathan Nominates C’River, A’Ibom For NDDC Top Posts …Rivers Gets Fin/Admin Slot

President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated Senator Bassey Ewa-Henshaw and Barrister Bassey Dan-Abia as Chairman and Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), respectively.
The names of the nominees were contained in a letter Jonathan sent to the Senate for consideration and confirmation. The President also forwarded the name of former Governor of Edo State, Prof. Osarhiemen Osunbor to the Senate as Chairman, Nigerian Law Reform Commission.
While Ewa-Henshaw was nominated to represent Cross River State in the NDDC, Dan-Abia was named to represent Akwa Ibom State. Others whose names were forwarded to the Senate for confirmation were- Itotenaan Henry Ogiri (ED, Finance and Admin), Rivers, Engr. Tuoyo Omatsulu (ED Projects), Delta, Ball Turofade Oyarede (Bayelsa), Chief Ephraim Sobere Etete (Rivers), Etim Inyang Jnr (Akwa Ibom), Adah Paul Andeshi (Cross River) and Sir Tom Amioku (Delta).
Also nominated as representatives in the commission were  Samuel Okezie Nwogu (Abia), Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian (Imo), Maj. Gen. Suleiman B. Said (North Central), Alh. Abdulmaik Mahmud (North East), Enikuomehin B.G. Olorungbonju (Ondo) and Mark Ward.
Jonathan noted that subsequent to the dissolution of the Governing Board of the Commission on  September 13, 2011, nomination for its reconstitution had been compiled in accordance with Section 2(1) of the NDDC Act.

L-R: Operations Director, British American Tobacco Nigeria, Mr Fransisco Toso, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and Human Resources Manager, Mrs Jumoke Fagbemi, at the inauguration of British American Tobacco Nigeria’s Recreation Centre in Ibadan, last Wednesday.