President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Lauretta Onochie, his aide on new media, as the substantive chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
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Buhari, in a letter addressed to the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, also announced the nomination of 15 others as NDDC board members.
The letter, which was read at Wednesday plenary, requested the Senate confirm the nominees.
It was gathered that Onochie defeated Chief Albert Okumagba a nominee of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to clinch the position.
Buhari had, in October 2020, nominated Onochie as National Commissioner of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to represent Delta State.
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Onochie who has until now served as President Buhari’s special assistant on New Media is not from the oil producing region of Delta State but lawmakers are expected to follow tradition that emerged with the first board that saw Chief Onyeama Ugochukwu from the non-oil producing section of Abia State as chairman.
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