Mr Audu-Ohwavborua, an engineer, is to superintend over the NDDC pending the setting up of a new management team and a governing board.
Addressing the staff of the Commission during the meeting, Mr Audu-Ohwavboru promised to prioritise their welfare.
“The staff of NDDC must be properly equipped to do their jobs. We have come a long way as staff of this Commission and God has a plan for allowing everything that happens to us, even as indigenes of Niger Delta region. Our labour shall not be in vain.“With so many professionals, including engineers and PhD holders in various fields, it is obvious that there is sufficient capacity in the workforce. What is required is the will to do things right.
“I will listen to you, you have a duty to offer advice. I’m not here to witch-hunt anyone. We will be open,” he saidThe new acting managing director of NDDC is a public administrator, a certified project manager and a fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers.Mr Audu-Ohwavboru has over 30 years experience working in diverse sectors – Dresser Kellogg Energy Services, National Engineering and Technical Company, among others.
He has university degrees in electrical engineering and business administration, and has successfully completed Business Model Innovations at Cambridge University.The book captures the plight of the people of the region – a land so blessed yet beleaguered, impoverished and generally taken for granted. It examines the challenges of the area and makes prescriptions for its transformation.