Buhari had written the Senate seeking the confirmation of Onochie’s appointment as NDDC board chairperson.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Senate has directed its Committee on Niger Delta Affairs to take charge of the screening of Lauretta Onochie who was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari to be the board chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The red chamber also referred for screening 14 others who were nominated members of the commission’s board.
The resolution followed the presentation of an executive communication by the Senate Leader Ibrahim Gobir during plenary on Tuesday.
Gobir in the presentation said that President Buhari had written the Senate in November seeking the confirmation of Onochie and others for the NDDC board.
In his remarks, President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan referred the NDDC nominees to the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs for screening.
He said: “The committee has one week to carry out further legislative action on the nominees and to report back on Tuesday, December 20.
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“This is because we have to finish the confirmation before we close for our Christmas and New Year break.
“And we are going to consider the 2023 budget by Tuesday or latest Thursday. I know it is tasking but it is doable. The committee should start work immediately,” Lawan said.
Buhari had on Wednesday, November 3 written the Senate seeking the confirmation of the appointment of Onochie as the board chairperson of the NDDC.
Onochie, before the appointment, was the Special Assistant on New Media to President Buhari.
