Following the death of the Executive Director of
Finance and Administration of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC,
Ibanga Bassey Etang, the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission was
on Thursday shutdown for business and the entire staff directed to go
on self-isolation.
Ibanga Bassy Etang died in
the early hours of Thursday to an undisclosed illness suspected to be
associated with COVID-19 at the Rivers University Teaching Hospital ,
Port Harcourt .
Sources from the Commission
told our reporter that Etang took ill at about 2.00am on Thursday and
was rushed to the State Teaching Hospital where he was confirmed dead
less than three hours he was brought to the hospital.
NDDC
Head of Cooperate Affairs, Charles Obi Odili told our reporter that he
has no information on the death of the Commission’s Finance and
Administration Executive Director.
Following
the death of the Executive Director of the Commission the management in a
Memo obtained by our reporter stated that the management of NDDC has
approved that the Commission be shutdown for two weeks from 28th of May,
2020.
According to the Memo all the activities
in the Commission including matters has been shutdown for time being
while members of staff are advised to go on self-isolation and ensure
that all electrical appliances in the offices are switched off before
leaving the premises.
The
Memo directed Head of Security to work out modalities to ensure the
safety and security of the Commission while the Director of
Administration were requested to fumigate and decontaminate the entire
offices and premises in the Headquarters during the period.