President Muhammadu Buhari has tapped Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba as the Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, sources tell Checkpointcharley. Buhari, in a letter to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, also nominated former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere as the new Managing Director of the commission. He will take over from Mrs Ibim Semenitari.
The name of Mr Ogaga Ifowodo, to represent Delta State on the board of the commission, was also forwarded. It is understood that the nominations’ letter to the Senate President will be read to the Senators at today’s plenary.
Senator Ndoma-Egba, a lawyer, bagged his LL.B degree from the University of Lagos and an LL.M degree from the University of Calabar and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1978. He was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2004. He was Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Calabar branch, and President of the Calabar Chamber of Commerce. He became a commissioner in Cross River State at the age of 27 and subsequently progressed in his legal career before winning election to the Senate in 2003 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He served in the Senate for three terms and was in his last term between 2011 and 2015, the leader of the Senate. He, however, defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in February 2016
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