A former leader of the Nigerian Senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Also appointed was a former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nsima Ekere, as the managing director of the Commission.
Mr. Ndoma-Egba succeeds Ibim Semenitari, who has been the acting managing director of the commission since December 2015.
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The former Senate leader, who hails from Cross River State, takes over from Bassey Ewa-Henshaw, also from the state.
Ndoma-Egba was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party until September last year when he resigned from the party and later joined the governing All Progressives Congress in November.
