President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Board (NDDC).
He also appointed 15 other nominees as members of the board.
The appointments were contained in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who read it out at the start of plenary on Wednesday.
Ms Onochie, currently a special assistant to the president on new media, was enmeshed in a controversial appointment into the electoral umpire, INEC, in 2020.
She was appointed by Mr Buhari as an INEC commissioner to represent Delta State.
The appointment generated public outcry from individuals, civic groups and opposition parties who wrote petitions, staged protests and called on the Senate to reject Ms Onochie’s appointment.
Many also described the appointment as unconstitutional – majorly because she is partisan and has openly campaigned for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
