Onochie, a Special Assistant on Social Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, was screened by the joint committees alongside thirteen others for NDDC board roles.
President Buhari had written to the Senate requesting the Upper Chamber to confirm the appointment of the Chairman and Members of the NDDC board in accordance with the provisions of section two, subsection two A of the Niger Delta Development Commission Establishment Act.
However a member of the committee, Senator Seriaki Dickson expressed reservation that Onochie is not from an oil bearing community in Delta state and that heading the commission would be against the act establishing it.
But some members of the committee kicked against senator Seriaki position, insisting that the act establishing the NDDC did not explicitly state so
