Tinubu sacks Lauretta Onochie as NNDC chairman six months after appointment
President Bola Tinubu has sacked former senior aide to ex president Buhari in social media Lauretta Onochie as chairman of the oil rich Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC)
The sacking is sequel to the dissolution of the board by the president.
In a press release pushed out by Tinubu special adviser on media Chief Ajuri Ngalale announced Chiedu Ebie as the new chairman of NNDC.
Other members of the board include:
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
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
Hon Patrick Aisowieren – State Representative – Edo
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
Sen. Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir – Zonal Representative – North West
Lauretta Onochie tenure as NNDC chairman is said to be the shortest lasting for just six months.
Even the six months she was at helms of affairs at the commission was characterized by back bitting, in fighting and catenkerous dispositions as insider sources said she was regularly fighting with the managing director and other members of the board.
Onochie tenure as public officer is seen by many Nigerians as one not too pleasant and stained with bad testimonials.
Her stint as special adviser on social media to Buhari was marked with controversy, insults, inappropriate use of words to Nigerians and particularly to the opposition political parties.
Also attempts to make Onochie INEC commissioner hit the rocks as wide range of petitions and discontent followed her nomination and at the end of the day was roundly and eventually rejected by the senate.
