Niger Delta Development Commission

The Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Niger Delta on Thursday screened Lauretta Onochie as Chairman of the Niger Delta Development ...

General Charles Ehigie Airhiavbere (Rtd) (Executive of Finance) Onyekachi Dimgba (Rivers, South-South) Dr Pius Odudu (Edo, South-South)

Members of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs took varied positions on nominees of the Board of the NDDC sent to the Senate.

That is our position and I wanted the public to be clear on this.” We will look at the petitions.” “The aforementioned Act clearly stated that the nominee for the position of Executive Director, Project of NDDC “shall be an indigene of oil producing area,” Mr Charles Ogunmola is not an indigene of oil producing area of Ondo State. “Now this person is here again before the Senate. Senator Dickson was however faulted by former Abia State Governor and Senator representing Abia North Central, Orji Uzor Kalu. “On the nominee for the chairmanship position, when we had a reason to turn down the presidential nomination of this same nominee in the Senate, just because the position for which she was nominated was the position of an electoral umpire and there were members of the public who were concerned that because she is a card-carrying member of a political party and a presidential aide and in the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters we took into cognisance the concern of the public.”

The Niger Delta Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday screened Lauretta Onochie for the position of Board Chairman of the |

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Among the nominees is Lauretta Onochie, Mr Buhari's controversial social media aide who is nominated for the office of the chairperson of the commission.

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Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, Thursday, promised that the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission ...

I believe that for the first time, Niger Deltans will have the required development that they so much are in need of. She has been nominated as a representative from an oil producing state and for the purpose of holding a political appointment for which is eligibly qualified. “I have seen the men that I have been nominated along with. We rarely reject nominees from the president but this was done. Since the announcement of my nomination, I have received thousand of applications from our young people wanting to be personal assistants because that is all they know. We are going to show them how to be properly empowered so that our region can start booming like all the other regions.

The senate committee on Niger Delta affairs has begun screening Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide, as the chair of the Niger Delta Development ...

Bulus Amos, deputy chairman of the senate committee on Niger Delta, presided over the screening following the absence of Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the committee. Members of the house of representatives committee on Niger Delta were also present at the exercise, which was conducted at the senate wing of the national assembly. The senate committee on Niger Delta affairs has screened Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide, for the position of chair of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Members of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs yesterday rejected the nomination of Mr. Charles Ogunmola as the Executive Director (Projects) in the ...

We had in the past appointed a Chairman from our state that is not from the local government where they produce oil, Chief Onyema Ugochukwu. “Today in the Senate, we are faced with a different scenario. We rarely reject nominees from the President but this was done. Reacting to the position made by the nominee, Sen. Uzor Kalu, said “We need to be more guided. They also included, Engineer Anthony Ekenne, (Imo State), Hon. The only place oil is produced in Ondo State is Ilaje Local Government Area. We are going to show them how to be properly empowered so that our region can start booming like all the other regions. We are going to work as a team because I am a team player. Tofowomo said, “In the last 22 years, Ondo State has not benefitted from any managerial position at the NDDC. Section 1 (12) which stipulates that only people from the oil producing communities could be appointed. Charles Ogunmola as the Executive Director (Projects) in the newly reconstituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission.

The National Assembly's Joint Committee on Niger Delta Affairs yesterday began the screening of President Muhammadu Buhari's nominees for the chairmanship ...

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