President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the enlargement of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from three to five.
The five members of the committee are now: Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, who is the Acting Managing Director, replacing Barrister Joy Nunieh; Dr Cairo Ojougboh, Acting Executive Director (Projects); Mr Ibanga Bassey Etang, Acting Executive Director (Finance and Administration); Mrs Caroline Nagbo (Member); and Cecilia Bukola Akintomide, a former Vice President of the African Development Bank as a member.
K. D 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.
The president had earlier approved that the Interim Management Committee would be in place till the forensic audit of the NDDC was concluded.
