There is mass shake-up at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), with the immediate redeployment of many management staff.
The Acting Managing Director of the Federal Government’s intervention agency, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, made the disclosure on Wednesday night, in a statement by her
Special Assistant (Media), Bekee Anyalewechi.
The redeployment is part of ongoing efforts to improve service and project delivery by the commission..
It was stated that a memo signed by Semenitari, a former Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, announced the movement of 21 officers to new responsibilities, covering Legal Services, Procurement, Project Monitoring and Supervision, Administration, Environmental Protection and Control, as well as Education, Health and Social Services.
Other officers were also redeployed to Youths, Sports, Culture and Women Affairs, Information Technology, Special Duties, Community and Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries, Corporate Affairs, Project Management and SERVICOM Unit, while others were reassigned in seven state offices, namely, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo, Imo, Rivers and Ondo.
It was also revealed that twelve officers retained their positions, particularly in Planning, Research, and Statistics, Human Resources, Finance and Supply, Utilities, Infrastructural Development and Waterways, Commercial and Industrial Development, Internal Audit, Security as well as Public-Private Partnerships.
Semenitari maintained that the redeployment was part of her strategies to strengthen NDDC to achieve its mandate of facilitating the development of the Niger Delta region, as well as ensure that the commission helps to meet the Federal Government’s goal of improving the living conditions of the people.
The NDDC’s managing director stated that her objective was to re-professionalise the workforce, to create a new generation of officers with sufficient skills, knowledge and motivation to coordinate the commission management systems.
