Minister Explains Why NDDC Embarked on N1.4tn Extra-budgetary Expenditure – THISDAYLIVE

*Senate panel summons MDSunday Aborisade in Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana, told the Senate adhoc Committee on the 2021 and 2022 budgets of the Niger

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana, told the Senate adhoc Committee on the 2021 and 2022 budgets of the Niger Delta Development Commission that the delay in releasing the forensic audit report was the reason the agency operated without budget for two years.

“While awaiting the outcome of the FEC action, I asked the commission to follow their guidelines and timeline for budget preparation to work on the 2023 budget. He said, “For 2021 and 2022, the budgets were not passed at all, your expenditure by the constitution and extant financial regulations ought not to have exceeded the expenditure in the previous budget.He said the Managing Director of the NDDC, Samuel Ogbuku, must appear before the panel today.

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