Yusuf Bello| President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday announced the appointment of a sole administrator to run the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
In a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina vis his verified Twitter handle, Effiong Akwa, who has been the acting executive director, finance and administration in the NDDC, “is to assume headship (of the commission) till completion of the forensic audit.”
According to Adesina, the development became necessary as “a result of plethora of litigation and a restraining order issued recently against the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC by a Federal High Court in Abuja.”
It will be recalled that a federal high court in Abuja recently issued an order restraining Kemebradikumo Pondei-led interim management from running the affairs of the troubled commission.
Mr Akwa, from Akwa Ibom State, joined the NDDC interim management as a replacement for Ibanga Etang, the then executive director of finance and administration, who died of covid-19.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
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