NDDC: Breakdown of how Pondei, others shared N5bn during COVID-19 lockdown
The Nigerian Senate has revealed how the Niger Delta Development Commission management shared approximately N5 billion for “medicals”.
This is contained in a report by the Ad-hoc committee which probed the multi-billion Naira scandal in NDDC.Senators Abdulfatai Buhari ; Chukwuka Utazi ; Ibrahim Hadeija ; Biobarakuma Wangaha ; Jika Dauda Haliru ; and Mohammed Tanko Almakura were members.“Payment to all the 1,401 staff who received the allowance was made on 16 March, 2020,” the report said.
“The three members of the Interim Management Committee received the highest amount of N14.2m each. Two other people, namely Evan Caroline Nagbo and Ms Cecilia Akintomide took N12,387,500 each, while Peter Uwa Edieya was paid N10,340,000,” it read.Four other members of staff got about N8m each, while 140 got an average of N7m each.
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