NNDC: Buhari Names New Acting MD, Enlarges IMC

 

 

The Interim Management Committee, IMC, overseeing the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been enlarged from two to five, courtesy of a new approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The five members committee, according to Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement: Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, who is the Acting Managing Director, replacing Barrister Joy Nunieh; Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, Ag. Executive Director (Projects); Ibanga Bassey Etang, Ag. Executive Director (Finance and Administration); Caroline Nagbo (Member); and Cecilia Bukola Akintomide, a former Vice President with African Development Bank (Member).

The new team would supervise the auditing of the Commission’s account as directed by Buhari after which a new board would ne inaugurated.

Pondei, the new Acting MD, is a Professor of Medicine at the Niger Delta University and former Provost, College of Health Sciences of the institution.