{"id":7372,"date":"2025-05-13T18:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2025-05-13T18:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:28:32","slug":"senate-finally-opens-up-on-ssdc-managing-director-usoro-akpabios-relationship-with-senate-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7372","title":{"rendered":"Senate Finally Opens-up on SSDC Managing Director Usoro Akpabio\u2019s Relationship with Senate President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Bola Tinubu nominated Usoro Akpabio as Managing Director and Chibudom Nwuche, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, as Chairman of the South-South Development Commission (SSDC).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nominations were announced during a plenary session presided over by Senator Akpabio, sparking speculation about a possible family link between the Managing Director and the Senate President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigerian Senate has refuted the widespread rumors suggesting that Usoro Akpabio, the newly appointed Managing Director of the South-South Development Commission, is the daughter of Senate President Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a Punch report published on May 12, 2025, the Senate\u2019s position was made clear by Senator Yemi Adaramodu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity. He described the claim as baseless and unfounded, noting that a shared surname does not imply a familial relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no iota of truth in that report,\u201d Adaramodu stated. \u201cIt\u2019s just like hearing someone named Adaramodu in Osun or Ondo and assuming he\u2019s my brother. Things don\u2019t work that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adaramodu, however, firmly dismissed those claims, saying: \u201cThe Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is entirely different from Usoro Akpabio. She is not in any way connected to the former governor of Akwa Ibom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that while there is nothing wrong with appointing qualified relatives to public positions, in this instance, no such relationship exists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu nominated Usoro Akpabio as Managing Director and Chibudom Nwuche, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, as Chairman of the South-South Development Commission (SSDC).&nbsp; The nominations were announced during a plenary session presided over by Senator Akpabio, sparking speculation about a possible family link between the Managing Director and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[835],"class_list":{"0":"post-7372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics-2","8":"tag-senate-finally-opens-up-on-ssdc-managing-director-usoro-akpabios-relationship-with-senate-president"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v24.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate Finally Opens-up on SSDC Managing Director Usoro Akpabio\u2019s Relationship with Senate President - Moon Ray News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7372\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Finally Opens-up on SSDC Managing Director Usoro Akpabio\u2019s Relationship with Senate President\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu nominated Usoro Akpabio as Managing Director and Chibudom Nwuche, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, as Chairman of the South-South Development Commission (SSDC).&nbsp; 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