Buhari approves monitoring c’ttee for NDDC

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a monitoring committee for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

In a statement issued in Abuja Wednesday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said the committee was constituted in line with the provisions of Part V1, Section 21 of NDDC Establishment Act.

The monitoring committee is chaired by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

Members of the committee are the Minister of State in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Omotayo Alasoadura; and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Olusola Adesola.

Other members are Mr Shamsuddin Bello, representing office of the Accountant General of the Federation; Mr Charles Ikeah, representing Federal Ministry of Environment; Mr Atanda Kolawole Musiliu, representing Ministry of Petroleum Resources; Ms Aisha Umar, representing Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning; Dr M. K. Mohammed, representing Federal Ministry of Works and Housing; Dr Dorothy Nwodo, representing Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, while Mr Alfred Abah, a Director in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs would serve as Secretary.

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