The President additionally approved the presence of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the commission drove by Dr. Joi Nunieh.
The new turn at the NDDC was contained in an announcement on Thursday morning by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina.
As indicated by the announcement, the supervisory control over the commission would proceed with rest with the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.
The President additionally educated that the IMC of the commission would work until the criminological review of the records and exercises of the commission, which he requested prior in the year, is finished.
"President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed that the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) be recomposed and initiated after the criminological review of the association.
"The President has additionally coordinated that the Interim Management Team of the NDDC will be set up till the criminological is finished and that the supervision of the Commission will stay under the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs," articulation said.
The Board, which was screened by the Senate on October 30, 2019, has not been introduced by the President, a circumstance that has raised a great deal of residue from numerous partners and gatherings in the Niger Delta locale.
The Board has Dr. Pius Odubu, from Edo State as Chairman; Chief Bernard Okumagba from Delta State as Managing Director; Mr. Maxwell Omo from Bayelsa State as Executive Director, Finance and Administration; and Engr. Otobong Ndem as Executive Director, Projects.
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