THE Senate said on Tuesday that none of its members received N20m COVID-19 palliative from the Niger Delta Development Commission.
The Director of Projects, Interim Management Committee of the NDDC, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, had alleged in a recent newspaper interview that the agency gave N20m to each senator while each of the House of Representatives members collected N15m as palliative.
Basiru challenged Ojougboh to either release the full list of the lawmakers, who benefitted from the palliative or tender a public apology immediately. “The Senate challenges Dr Ojougboh to publicly provide evidence of his claim and list the names of the Senators he allegedly gave the alleged sum. Failure to provide evidence of his claim, the Senate hereby demands immediate retraction and public apology from Dr Cairo Ojougboh.”
Ojougboh, in a statement titled, ‘Re: Senate challenges NDDC over alleged N20m palliatives: A clarification,’ denied making such allegations in a newspaper’s report.
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