Buhari Sacks IMC, Appoints Interim Administrator For NDDC
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of an administrator to oversee the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). By the action, the Interim Management Committee(IMC) has been sacked. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina. According to the statement, Mr Effiong Okon Akwa, the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Commission, is to assume headship till the completion of the forensic audit of the NDDC. “The development became necessary as a result of plethora of litigation and a restraining order issued against the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC by a Federal High Court in Abuja.”