President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari has made a fresh appointment.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of an interim administrator to oversee the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
This online news platform understands that President Buhari’s fresh appointment was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, last night.
The statement said that Mr Effiong Okon Akwa the Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration of the Commission, is to assume headship till completion of the forensic audit.
According to the statement, Mr Akwa is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The statement further said, “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.”