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Buhari writes Senate to confirm NDDC board members
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm the nominees for the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
Buhari, in a letter to the Senate President Ahmed Lawan, which was read at Tuesday’s plenary listed the nominees as Pius Odubu (Edo), chairman; Managing Director, Bernard O. Okumagba (Delta); Executive Director Projects, Otobong Ndem (Akwa Ibom); Executive Director Finance and Admin, Maxwell Okoh (Bayelsa); Delta State representative, Prophet Jones Erue; Chief Victor Ekhatar (Edo); Joy Yimebe Nunieh (Rivers); and Nwogu Nwogu (Abia).
Other nominees are – Theodore A. Allison (Bayelsa); Victor Antai (Akwa Ibom); Maurice Effiwatt (Cross River); Olugbenga Elema Ondo); Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian (Imo); Northwest representative, Aisha Murtala Muhammed (Kano); Northeast representative, Ardo Zubairu (Adamawa) and Southwest representative, Badmus Mutalib (Lagos).
After reading the letter, Lawan referred it to the Senate Committee on NDDC for screening and asked the committee to report back after one week.
The Senate, which resumed plenary after two weeks break to allow ministers to defend their ministries’ 2020 budget, also had 11 bills read for the first time during the day’s plenary.
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The bills are the National Commission for the Eradication of Child Destitution (Est, etc) Bill, 2019; Regional Centre for Oral Health Research and Training Initiatives (Est, etc) Bill, 2019; Federal College of Education, Sabon Birini (Est, etc) Bill, 2019; Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act CAP E4 LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2019; National Offenders Central Registry (Est, etc) Bill, 2019 and Government Performance and Accountability Office Bill, 2019.
The rest are Agricultural Research Council Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019; Federal College of Education Giwa Kaduna State (Est, etc) Bill, 2019; Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019; Income Tax Development Act (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and Federal College of Education Usugbenu, Edo Slate (Est, etc) Bill, 2019.
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