Posted on: 06:13 Thu, 21 Jul 2016



Nsima Ekere and Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, have been nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari as the managing director and the chairman respectively of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

This was contained in a letter President Buhari sent to Senate President Bukola Saraki on Wednesday, July 20,ThisDay reports.

Mrs Ibim Semenitari is current acting MD of the commission.
A source within the presidency said that the letter may be read on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, July 21.

NDDC is a federal government agency established by former president Olusegun Obasanjo in 2000 with the sole mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria.