Buhari Sacks Brambaifa, Names Pius Odubu NDDC Chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), naming a former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Dr Pius Odubu as its chairman.
He also approved the appointment of a substantive Managing Director, two new executive directors (for projects and finance & administration), as well as 12 other commissioners for the nine states and three geo-political zones.
The Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Olusegun A. Adekunle, Esq, who disclosed this in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, said the appointments are, however, subject to Senate confirmation.
Others in the reconstituted board are Bernard Okumagba (Delta) who will serve as Managing Director; Engr. Otobong Edem (Akwa Ibom) as Executive Director Projects; and Maxwell Okoh (Bayelsa), Executive Director Finance & Administration.
The representatives of the states and geopolitical zones are; Prophet Jones Erue (Delta), Chief Victor Ekhatar (Edo), Dr. Joy Yimebe Nunieh (Rivers), Nwogu Nwogu (Abia), Theodore A. Allison (Bayelsa), Victor Antai (Akwa Ibom), Maurice Effiwatt (Cross River), Olugbenga Elema (Ondo), and Hon. Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian (Imo).
Others are the North-West Representative, Aisha Murtala Muhammed (Kano); the North-East Representative, Ardo Zubairu (Adamawa); and the South-West Representative, Engr. Badmus Mutalib (Lagos).
The statement added that the interim management headed by Prof. Nelson Brambaifa has been directed to hand-over to the most senior director in the commission.
“The chairman and members of the newly composed Governing Board are by this release invited to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday, 2nd September, 2019 at 2.00 pm for proper documentation and briefing. They are to come along with their updated CVs and valid identification”, Adekunle added.