Buhari Appoints Interim Administrator For NDDC

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed an interim
administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr
Effiong Akwa, spokesman Femi Adesina said on Saturday.

Mr Akwa is the Commission’s Acting Executive Director, Finance
and Administration.

He is expected to assume leadership of the NDDC until the
completion of the forensic audit ordered by the President.

President Buhari approves interim
administrator for the NDDC

He is Mr Effiong Okon Akwa, the Ag. Executive Director, Finance
and Administration of the Commission, who is to assume headship
till completion of the forensic audit.

— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) December 12, 2020

Buhari ordered a forensic audit of the NDDC in October 2019
following persistent allegations of financial misappropriation
within the development agency.

In February, the President appointed Professor Kemebradikumo
Pondei, as Acting Managing Director of the NDDC.

However, Pondei has also faced allegations of misconduct. He
slumped in July during a House of Representatives committee
hearing.

This month, a Federal High Court in Abuja granted an order to
restrain Pondei and others from performing NDDC board
functions.

Mr Akwa’s appointment is expected to fill in the gap created by
the legal restrictions, Mr Adesina said.

The new interim NDDC chief is a Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria.

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