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    Court Restrains Onochie From Executing Functions As NDDC Chairperson

    Biyi LawrenceBy Biyi LawrenceMay 15, 2023Updated:May 15, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The Chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Lauretta Onochie, has been stopped by a Federal High Court in Warri, from executing her executive functions as well as daily administration of the agency.

    In a judgment delivered on 9 May, Okon Abang, the presiding judge, voided all executive actions taken by Onochie since she assumed office on 4 January, 2023.

    Abang also nullified the appointment of 18 aides made by the NDDC board Chairman.

    Following Onochie’s appointment, one Mike Oberabor instituted a suit against the NDDC, Onochie and Samuel Ogboku, the agency’s managing director, seeking an interpretation of the NDDC Act, 2000 and other relevant statutes and documents relating to the running of the commission.

    Delivering judgment in the suit marked FHC/WR/CS/14/2023, the judge held that after due consideration of the relevant provisions of the NDDC Act, 2000 and other documents, it was established that Onochie’s appointment as the chairman of the board on a part-time basis is to oversee and preside over the meetings of the board.

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    Abang held that the managing director is “statutorily empowered by the NDDC act to perform and wield the executive functions, powers and day-to-day running and management of the commission to the exclusion of other members of the board of the NDDC including the 2nd defendant (Onochie) herein”.

    Eventually, the judge ordered: “That all actions of the 2nd defendant including but not limited to the appointment of her personal aides carried out in the exercise of executive functions and powers in the Niger Delta Development Commission since her assumption of duty on the 4th day of January 2023 are ultra vires her powers and therefore null and void and of no effect whatsoever.

    “Abang held that the managing director is “statutorily empowered by the NDDC act to perform and wield the executive functions, powers and day-to-day running and management of the commission to the exclusion of other members of the board of the NDDC including the 2nd defendant (Onochie) herein”.

    Eventually, the judge ordered: “That all actions of the 2nd defendant including but not limited to the appointment of her personal aides carried out in the exercise of executive functions and powers in the Niger Delta Development Commission since her assumption of duty on the 4th day of January 2023 are ultra vires her powers and therefore null and void and of no effect whatsoever.”

    Lauretta Onochie Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Warri Delta State
    Biyi Lawrence

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