Barely 24 hours after the nominees for the governing council of. South East Development Commission (SEDC) was announced, Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has changed the nominations.
For the Chairman of the Board Nominee, the president swapped out Emeka Atuma for Dr Emeka Nworgu. He equally swapped out three executive directors and added two more to the nomination list.
Bayo Onanuga, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Said, “The President also removed one of the board members, Donatus Eyinnah Nwankpa.
“However, Hon. Mark C. Okoye retains his position as the Commission’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer on the 16-member board, one more member than the initial board.
“The new Executive Director for Finance is Stanley Ohajuruka, who replaced Anthony Ugbo in the first list.
“Toby Okechukwu is the new executive director of projects. He replaces Obinna Obiekweihe. Chief Sylvester Okonkwo is now the executive director of corporate services, replacing Dr Daniel Ikechukwu Ugwuja.
“The two nominated executive directors without a portfolio are Chidi Echeazu and Dr Clifford Ogbede.
“The President retained Barr. Ugochukwu H. Agballah, Hon. Okey Ezenwa, Chief Hyacinth Ikpor, Barr. Ifeanyi Agwu, Nasiru Usman and Hamma Adama Ali Kumo.
“The other nominees retained are Edward David Onoja, Orure Kufre Inima and Chief (Mrs.) Joke Adebayo-Chukwuma.”
The Nigerian senate will need to assess and confirm these nominations. However, a date hasn’t been announced for the screening of these nominations.
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