The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of his Special Adviser on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
According to Premium Times, this was stated in a letter he wrote to the Senate asking for their appointment to be confirmed.
The letter was read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday. Mr Buhari said the appointment is pursuant to paragraph 14 of part 1f of the first schedule of the 1999 constitution
He also appointed Mohammed Sani (Katsina), Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti), and Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa) as resident electoral commissioners.
