“By the provisions of the NDDC Act, they shall be appointed for a fixed term of four years in the first instance subject to the confirmation of the Senate.”
The coalition in a statement by its national coordinator Johnson Epia said “the NDDC Act does not recognize any form of Interim Management Committee or indeed any other form of Management” in the commission.
Epia said other members of the commission according to the act should be representatives of oil-producing companies in the Niger- Delta nominated by the Oil producing companies, one person to represent the Federal Ministry of Finance, and one person to represent Federal Ministry of Environment. “Why did the Senate go contrary to its firm and lawful decision not to recognise or relate with any Interim Management Committee and not to appropriate any fund to NDDC under it?
“There is no proper audit anywhere in the world by reputable auditors that needs the supervision of the management, let alone an illegal management committee, else it loses its independence and credibility.
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