Effiong Okon Akwa is a Nigerian lawyer who served as a sole administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from December 2020 to October 2022. Career Akwa is a lawyer and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountant. He had a career in banking and was a regional manager CDB Plc (since renamed First City Monument Bank, FCMB) South-South of Nigeria. After leaving the bank, he served as special assistant to Akwa Ibom State governor Godswill Akpabio and was later appointed to NDDC as acting executive director finance. He served in this position for four months when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him interim sole administrator of the NDDC to oversee Forensic Audit of the commission's operations. He was relieved of his appointment in October 2022 following the conclusion of his assignment. References Nigerian lawyers 21st-century Nigerian lawyers