President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board.
This was contained in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday.
Apart from Onochie, the president sent the names of 14 others as members of the board.
Onochie, who is currently the Special Adviser on Social Media to the president, was nominated by President Buhari as a commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in October 2020.
However, the nomination sparked outrage in different quarters over her membership in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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