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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by Professor Nelson Brambaifa and appointed a former Deputy Governor of Edo state, Dr Pius Odubu, as Chairman, and Bernard Okumagba, as Managing Director of the reconstituted Board.

The development was announced via a statement by the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Olusegun Adekunle, who said the appointments were however subject to Senate confirmation.

Other members of the reconstituted board are Otobong Edem (Akwa Ibom), as Executive Director Projects and Maxwell Okoh (Bayelsa), Executive Director, Finance and 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 Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian (Imo).

Others are the Northwest Representative, Aisha Murtala Muhammed (Kano); the Northeast Representative, Ardo Zubairu (Adamawa) and the Southwest 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 2.00pm for proper documentation and briefing. They are to come along with their updated CVs and valid identification”.