The House of Representatives has screened and confirmed the presidential designates to the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the designates, led by Chiedu Ebie as Chairman and Dr. Samuel Ogbuku as Managing Director/CEO, appeared before the House ad-hoc committee mandated to conduct the screening on Thursday.
In her remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on NDDC, Hon. Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, charged the designates to justify the confidence reposed in them by President Bola Tinubu.
“Now, more than ever before, the NDDC needs visionary leaders with integrity to drive the discharge of the commission’s mandate, to translate to tangible impact on the lives of the people and communities in the Niger Delta,” she said.
The screening exercise featured presentations by Ebie and Ogbuku, who shared details of their respective career trajectories and vision for the commission.
Subsequently, the Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Ali Isa, moved the motion for the designates to take a bow in deference to the fact that the Senate had similarly screened and confirmed them, and also in consideration of the fact that some of the designates are former parliamentarians.
