The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, said he welcomes the imminent probe of the Interim Management...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, said he welcomes the imminent probe of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission over alleged spending of N40 billion in three months.
However, the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Anietie Ekong, in a statement in Abuja, said that Senator Akpabio as the minister supervising the agency is “upbeat about the plan to probe the NDDC as he has no skeleton in his cupboard.” He insisted that the probe of the “Commission along with the ongoing forensic audit will expose those who have used their exalted positions over the years to fleece the NDDC through fully paid contracts which were never executed and other forms of contact racketeering.
“Unfortunately, these phantom allegations have found their ways into the hallowed chambers of the National Assembly. “The present management has not awarded any single contract. So where is the bogey N40 billion coming from? “The interest of Senator Akpabio has been to ensure that the NDDC completes its headquarters building started since the days of the defunct Oil Minerals Producing Areas Development Commission , the contract of which was awarded with the approval of the Federal Executive Council many years before Senator Akpabio became the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.
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