President Muhammadu Buhari has removed Joy Nunieh as the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Her replacement is Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, according to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
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President Buhari has also approved the enlargement of the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC from three to five.
The other members of the committee are Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, acting Executive Director (Projects); Ibanga Bassey Etang, acting Executive Director (Finance and Administration); Caroline Nagbo (Member); and Cecilia Bukola Akintomide, a former Vice President with African Development Bank, (Member).
Professor Pondei, the new acting Managing Director, is a Professor of Medicine at the Niger Delta University, and former Provost, College of Health Sciences of the institution.
President Buhari had earlier approved that the Interim Management Committee would be in place till the forensic audit of the NDDC was concluded.
