JUST IN: Buhari nominates Lauretta Onochie as NDDC chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, at the plenary read the nomination letters sent to the senate by the president naming Onochie as Chairman and 14 others as members of the board.

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Onochie is currently the Special Adviser to the President, Social Media.

Her earlier nomination as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the president was rejected by the senate, following pressures by Nigerians, on account of her partisanship as a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).