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President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed the Prof. Keme Pondei led management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and appointed an interim sole administrator to manage the affairs of the agency.
The sole administrator is Mr. Effiong Okon Akwa, the Ag. Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Commission, who is to assume headship till completion of the forensic audit.
A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publcity, Femi Adesina said that 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.”