–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA):
The Isoko National Youth Council (INYC), a body of Isoko youths has has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the appointmentt of the new Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board.
National President of INYC, Comrade Utomudo Fidelis Obokparo, in a chat with Blank NEWS Online said the new Board members are of good integrity, adding that the entire youths in Delta state are fully behind the choice of Mr. President.
He appealed to all stakeholders in the Niger Delta struggle to support the composition of the Board as approved by President Buhari, saying that anything short of that would become a huge disservice to the oil rich region of the country.
The new Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is made up of the following persons:
S/N Position Name State
1 Chairman – Dr. Pius Odubu – Edo
2 Managing Director – Bernard O. Okumagba – Delta
3 Executive Director Projects – Engr. Otobong Ndem – Akwa Ibom
4 Executive Director Finance & Admin. – Maxwell Okoh – Bayelsa
5 Delta Rep – Prophet Jones Erue – Delta
6 Edo Rep – Chief Victor Ekhator – Edo
7 Rivers Rep – Dr. Joy Yimebe Nunieh – Rivers
8 Abia Rep – Nwogu Nwogu – Abia
9 Bayelsa Rep – Theodore A. Allison – Bayelsa
10 Akwa Ibom Rep – Victor Antai – Akwa Ibom
11 Cross River Rep – Maurice Effiwatt – Cross River
12 Ondo Rep – Olugbenga Elema – Ondo
13 Imo Rep – Hon. Uchegbu Chidiebere Kyrian – Imo
14 Northwest Rep – Aisha Murtala Muhammed – Kano
15 Northeast Rep – Ardo Zubairu – Adamawa
16 Southwest Rep – Engr. Badmus Mutalib – Lagos