Akpabio orders suspension of recruitment exercise at the NDDC

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio,
has ordered an immediate suspension of recruitment into the
employment of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press
Secretary (CPS) to the Minister, Mr Anietie Ekong in Abuja on
Friday night.

According to the statement, the new directive also requested the
management of the Commission to compile and furnish the Minister
with a detailed report on any employment exercise being undertaken
within three days.

It explained that the Minister’s decision was necessitated to
guarantee due process as such action by the Commission ought to be
evaluated by the Ministry in consultation with the committees of
the National Assembly on the NDDC.

“The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio
has directed that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),
suspends forthwith any employment exercise into the Commission.

“The Minister also directed the suspension of handing over of
appointment letters, documentation and all other processes
connected to employment into the Commission.

“Senator Akpabio gave this directive in a letter issued by the
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mrs Didi
Walson-Jack to the Acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr
Akwagaga Enyia.

“According to the Ministerial directive, the Commission’s pay
roll should not accommodate any new employees and should revert to
the status quo as at August 31, 2019, while he should be furnished
within three days with a detailed report of any employment exercise
being undertaken by the Commission.

“The letter said the suspension exercise is to subsist until a
due process evaluation of the purported exercise is carried out by
the Ministry in consultation with the two NDDC Committees of the
National Assembly and sought prompt action of the Acting Managing
Director on the matter”, the statement said.

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