“Despite the fact that there is no EDFA at the moment, the IMC has been transferring funds from the same domiciliary account to Naira account with the CBN for the payments they have been making since May 2020, when the acting EDFA passed on.' NCDC
Specifically, the group, in a statement by its Director of Information and Strategy, Damian Nwikinata, said that the claim by the Director of Corporate Affairs of the NDDC, Charles Odili, that the commission could not make payments from its domiciliary account without an Executive Director Finance and Administration was deceitful.
“To address the issues raised by Akpabio and the IMC, the domiciliary account of NDDC is domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria , with the managing director/CEO as the approving authority for any payment or transfer from the account. MEANWHILE, the NDDC has denied embezzlement of N6.25 billion funds approved for procurement and distribution of COVID 19 palliatives to the people of the Niger Delta.
He said immediately the constitution of the committee was announced, some of the state governors reached out to the commission that they would have nothing to do with it. Instead, they demanded that the palliatives meant for their states be given to them.
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