Mr Buhari has also announced the constitution of a new management team and governing board of the NDDC.
Agboola Ajayi had defeated Nicholas Tofowomo by 78 to 74 votes at the PDP primary election.
Udengs Eradiri who announced the development, said that it was part of NDDC’s commemoration of the International Youth Day.
Mr Okorafor was kidnapped close to his residence in Umuadara Umulogho autonomous community in Imo.
The NDDC interim administrator, Effiong Akwa, said President Muhammadu Buhari “means well for the commission and the Niger Delta.”
Mr Odigie-Oyegun, however, did not mention the names of the aspirants that were cleared or those that were not cleared by the committee.
Mr Ekere is a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
This followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance on the request by the President.
“it does not happen anywhere, so we can’t be borrowing money while some people owe us,” Mrs Onyejeocha said.
“We approved over N865 billion and this year’s budget, I know we have close to about N1 trillion, and we are getting little in terms of the outcome.”
