LIVE: Public Hearing Session Resumes, Reps Question Akpabio
The House of Representatives Committee on Nigeria Delta Development Commission has begun its fourth day of public hearing as it investigates alleged financial misappropriation at the agency.
Pondei has being led out and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, is scheduled for interrogation after the committee resumes. The acting NDDC MD had earlier corrected a committee member on the exact figure of the COVID-19 intervention figure. N1.32bn, not N1.5bn, Pondei said.According to him, scholarship payments are being processed.
The House Committee has said they asked the Acting MD, Pondei, to submit 41 documents. Instead, he submitted four.He says most of the spending was used to settle expenses incurred by past administrations.: Committee members discuss whether to commence by grilling Pondei or allow him to make a presentation.: Acting NDDC MD, Prof. Daniel Pondei, takes his oath before the Committee and begins to speak.: Hon.
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