NDDC shutdown for two weeks as Executive Director dies of Coronavirus

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has announced the immediate closusre of its offices for two weeks after the death of the acting executive director of finance Ibanga Bassey Etang,

A memo approving the shut down of the commission for two weeks and signed on behalf of the management, by Silas Anyawu, reads: “I am directed to inform all staff that management has approved that the commission be shut down for two weeks from today 28 May 2020.

“Consequently, all activities in the commission including ongoing matters are hereby shut down for the time being. “Members of staff are to ensure that all electrical appliances in their offices are switched off before leaving the premises.

“The head security is by this memo directed to work out modalities to ensure the safety and security of the commission while director, the administration is requested to fumigate and decontaminate the entire offices and premises in the Headquarters during the period.

“Meanwhile staff are enjoined to go into self-isolation for two weeks as they await further directive from Management.”