Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the interim management committee of the Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
This announcement was made via a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA by the presidency, signed by the special adviser to the president on media, Femi Adesina. The interim management committee is led by Professor Keme Pondei.
The extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under the chairmanship of the President.
In the same vein, President Buhari equally approved that the NDDC provides intervention support to complement efforts of the Federal and State governments against further spread of COVID-19 in the nine states of the Niger Delta region, in the sum of Six Billion, Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N6,250,000,000.00) only.
The materials and supplies are to be done through the Emergency Procurement method as provided in Sections 42(b) (c) and 43 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
