NDDC, Joi
Nunieh, does not have the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, certificate,
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio disclosed on Monday.
The minister
told the House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC probe that THE former
Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission Nunieh never
participated in the NYSC mandatory one year national service and that she was
deemed not qualified to have occupied the position.
According to
him, Nunieh did not also possess an exemption letter from the NYSC as an
alternative for not serving the nation for one year.
Akpabio said
the former NDDC boss was relieved of her appointment when he received a letter
from the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari that she did not have
the requisite qualifications to remain as NDDC’s acting Managing Director.
He explained
that he wrote to the NYSC twice and was told twice that she never served and
that she did not have the NYSC certificate or exemption letter.
The minister
also adduced insubordination as another reason Nunieh was sacked. The House of
Representatives is probing alleged mismanagement of billions of naira in the
NDDC.
Akpabio and
Nunieh had been engaging in bitter exchange of words in the last few days, with
the former NDDC boss accusing him of sexual harassment.
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