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The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has said that he never alleged that 60 percent of contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission were awarded to lawmakers.
Gbajabimila had during an investigative hearing on the alleged financial malfeasance amounting to N40 billion in the NDDC, Akpabio had under oath alleged that 60 percent of contracts in the commission was awarded to lawmakers. “Permit me to explain that any reference to 60 percent during the investigative hearing was in answer to a question by a member of the committee as to whether or not, a medical doctor could act as Executive Director project which I answered in affirmative.
“The Director Projects forwarded to me 19 old contracts amounting to nine billion nairas which the NDDC Chairman in the house insist the IMC pay for,” he said.
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