Lauretta Onochie, a known loyalist of Mr Buhari, is the new chairperson of the governing board of the commission.
Ms Onochie has been a special assistant to the president on new media, and was enmeshed in a controversial appointment into the Independent National Electoral Commission , in 2020.The appointment generated public outcry from civic groups and opposition parties who wrote petitions, staged protests and called on the Senate to reject Ms Onochie’s appointment.
Many also described the appointment as unconstitutional – majorly because she is partisan and has openly campaigned for the ruling All Progressives Congress . Although Ms Onochie told the Senate committee on INEC that she had quit politics in 2019 and that she was no longer partisan – a claim which turned out to be false. The Senate rejected her in July.
The basis for her rejection was, however, not her partisanship. The Senate had said her appointment was rejected because “it breaches the federal character principle.”Other members of the NDDC board are Dimga Erugba , Emem Wills , Dimaro Denyanbofa , Orok Duke , Gbenga Edema and Elekwachi Dinkpa . Others are Mohammed Abubakar , Sule-Iko Sani , Tahir Mamman, Samuel Ogbuku MD for a term of two years, Charles Airhiavbere Director of Finance, and Charles Ogunmola Director of Projects.
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