“The amount the IMC used to take care of NDDC staff as COVID-19 palliative was N1.32 billion, not 1.5 billion.'
are given out to members of the National Assembly, Niger Delta minister, Godswill Akpabio, has said.held to probe the allegations of corruption in the NDDC.
The revelation unsettled the hall briefly, but the deputy chairman of the committee, Thomas Ereyitomi, who headed the panel after the chairman, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo,But when Mr Akpabio, a former senator and minority leader of the Senate, was asked if he was given the said contract when he was a lawmaker, he claimed ignorance.
During the hearing, various officials who testified before the House committee made allegations of reckless, unbudgeted and unaccounted spendings by past and present officials of the NDDC.One of such allegations was also made by Mr Akpabio who said “at a management meeting, some management members were paid N49 million each, and a total of N4.2 billion was withdrawn in a single day.
“The amount the IMC used to take care of NDDC staff as COVID-19 palliative was N1.32 billion, not 1.5 billion,” Mr Pondei said when asked if the fund was budgeted for.
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