EXCLUSIVE: Why NDDC interim chief was sacked

Mr Godswill Akpabio, Ms Joy Nunieh at the VIP lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport in JanuaryThe Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, may have pushed for the removal of Joy Nunieh as the acting managing director of theSources close to both Mr Akpabio and Ms Nunieh said the relationship between the two became rancorous lately to a point that the former NDDC chief refused to pick the minister’s phone calls.

Besides Cairo Ojougboh and Ibanga Etang who remain the acting director, projects, and the acting director, finance and administration respectively, Mr Buhari has expanded the interim management committee to include a former vice president of African Development Bank, Cecilia Akintomide, and one Caroline Nagbo as members.

“You know, government does not want the interim management to drag on with the forensic audit for too long,” the source said. “If you don’t cooperate with them and they don’t conclude the work on time, it means your tenure will continue.”She said the former NDDC chief later tried to break the ice between her and the minister when an uncomplimentary story about her surfaced in some newspapers in January.

Inside the VIP lounge at the airport, the former NDDC chief was said to have requested a peaceful settlement of her conflict with the minister. However, an official in the commission who did not want his name mentioned said Mr Akpabio fought Ms Nunieh because of her principled and uncompromising position on the affairs of the NDDC.

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Useless beer parlour gossip being reported as investigative journalism RIPJournalism

Dis woman dat worked more than a man in NDDC. Until this gov't adopted GoodGovernance properly, corruption will always fight back while they complain d more. Is it not Nnpc dat shared a heart breaking amt of money stolen frm our oil money under d petroleum minister? So sad!

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What caused the sour in the relationship between akpabio and the sacked MD? Would it not be that akpabio wanted to do what he knows best and the woman refused

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