Victor Ndoma-Egba (born 8 March 1956) is a Nigerian politician and former Chairman of the
Niger Delta Development Commission
The Niger Delta Development Commission is a federal government agency established by Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2000 with the sole mandate of developing the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
In September 2008, Presi ...
(NDDC). He was a three-term Senator, representing
Cross River Central Senatorial District
Cross River Central Senatorial District in Cross River State covers six local governments which include Abi, Yakurr, Obubra, Ikom, Etung and Boki. The current representative of Cross River Central is Sandy Ojang Onor
Sandy Ojang Onor (born 14 ...
of
Cross River State
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in the
Nigerian Senate
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from 2003 to 2015.
Background
Victor Ndoma-Egba was born on 8 March 1956 in Ikom, Cross River State.
He has an LL.B degree from the
University of Lagos
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and an LLM degree from the
University of Calabar
The University of Calabar is a public university situated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It is one of Nigeria's second generation federal universities. The University of Calabar was a campus of the University of Nigeria until 1975. Th ...
. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1978, and was elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2004.
He has been Chairman of the
Nigerian Bar Association
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is a non-profit, umbrella professional association of all lawyers admitted to the bar in Nigeria. It is engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance in Nigeria. T ...
, Calabar Branch, and President of the Calabar Chamber of Commerce. He has also been Director of the Cross River Basin and Rural Development Authority, and Honourable Commissioner for Works & Transport in Cross Rivers State.
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Political career
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Running as a People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ndoma-Egba was elected as senator in the 5th (2003–2007) National Assembly representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, and was reelected in 2007 for a further four-year term. Senator Ndoma-Egba is a member of senate committees on Upstream Petroleum Resources, Human Rights and Legal Matters, and Information and Media, and is deputy chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Nigerian Senate.[
In May 2008, Ndoma-Egba spoke in favor of reform of the Nigeria Police Act, which came into effect on April 1, 1943 and has essentially been unchanged since that time.
In May 2009, he accused the ]Action Congress
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), formerly known as Action Congress (AC), was a Nigerian political party formed via the merger of a faction of Alliance for Democracy, the Justice Party, the Advance Congress of Democrats, and several other ...
Party of delays in listing the 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State
Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 states, it is both the most populous and smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Ben ...
in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Representative Bola Gbabijo refuted these charges.
In September 2009 Ndoma-Egba noted that several prominent people in Cross River had defected from the Action Congress and the All Nigeria Peoples Party
The All Nigeria Peoples Party ( abbr. ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria.
Under the leadership of Late Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke who was its vice presidential candidate to General Muhammadu Buhari in the 2007 presidential elections. The party ...
(ANPP) to join the PDP, saying the event was a sign that opposition has crumbled in the state. In January 2013 Ndoma-Egba said that the solution to Cross River community clashes was the National Boundary Commission becoming involved in the demarcation of boundary lines.Action Congress of Nigeria
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(ACN), who gained 47,656 votes.
Following disagreements in PDP, he joined the All Peoples Congress (APC) in November 2015. He was Deputy Leader of the 6th Senate (2007-2011) and Leader of the Senate (2011-2015). He returned to his law practice as Senior Partner in the Law Firm of Ndoma-Egba, Ebri & Co in Abuja. In July 2016, he was appointed Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Personal life
Ndoma-Egba is born to late Justice Emmanuel Ndoma-Egba, a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, and Madam Regina Nentui, a school teacher and local, the first female chairman of a Local Government Area in Nigeria.
References
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Kano State
Living people
1956 births
Peoples Democratic Party members of the Senate (Nigeria)
University of Lagos alumni
University of Calabar alumni
21st-century Nigerian politicians