President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board and Management team of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The new Board and Management team members are:

Mr. Chiedu Ebie - Chairman - Delta
Dr. Samuel Ogbuku - Managing Director / CEO - Bayelsa
Mr. Boma Iyaye - Executive Director (Finance and Admin) - Rivers
Mr. Victor Antai - Executive Director (Projects) - Akwa-Ibom
Ifedayo Abegunde - Executive Director (Corporate Services) - Ondo.

Others are Sen. Dimaro Denyanbofa - State Representative - Bayelsa;
Mr. Abasi Ndikan Nkono - State Representative - Akwa Ibom;
Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya - State Representative - Delta;
Chief Tony Okocha - State Representative - Rivers; and
Hon Patrick Aisowieren - State Representative - Edo.

Also appointed are Mr. Kyrian Uchegbu - State Representative - Imo; Victor Kolade Akinjo - State Representative - Ondo; Chief Dimgba Eruba - State Representative - Abia;
Mr. Asu Oku Okang - State Representative - Cross River; Hon. Nick Wende - Zonal Representative - North Central; Hon. Namdas Abdulrazak - Zonal Representative - North East; andSen. Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir - Zonal Representative - North West.

In a state house statement released on Wednesday and signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) President Bola Tinubu charges the new Board and Management team to ensure a new era of successful administration in the NDDC, in line with his Renewed Hope agenda.

He added that the appointments take immediate effect.