The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday came under serious knocks for trying to blackmail the Nigerian Senate for daring to investigate the whopping N40 billion NDDC fund that allegedly disappeared into thin air in a few months. The Senate in its reaction to allegations of witch-hunting levelled against the upper
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday came under serious knocks for trying to blackmail the Nigerian Senate for daring to investigate the whopping N40 billion NDDC fund that allegedly disappeared into thin air in a few months.
Addressing journalists on the festering crisis, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi , said all allegations levelled against the National Assembly by the Acting Managing Director of the Commission, Kemebradikumo Pondei and the ones personally directed at him by the Executive Director, Project, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, were nothing but mere fabrications.
He said the reason the NDDC applied to the National Assembly for the virement of its 2019 budget was “because the commission only got the letter of approval of the budget on March 20, 2020, after the NDDC was coerced by some lawmakers to pay 20 contractors.” “Also, the EFCC, Police or ICPC should be reached to investigate those claims instead of blackmailing anybody”
“Their lies have short legs and unfortunately cannot run fast or fly. IMC must be ready to submit itself for a thorough investigation by committees already assigned for that by both Chambers of the National Assembly. The committee also explained that the National Assembly refused to treat the request to amend the 2019 budget of the NDDC because there was a breach of the procedure for requesting a budget amendment or virulent.
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