NDDC Contracts: Orji Kalu, Uduaghan Deny Wrongdoing
A photo combination created on August 3, 2020, featuring former Niger-Delta state Governors, Orji Kalu and Emmanuel UduaghanFormer Niger-Delta states Governors, Orji Kalu and Emmanuel Uduaghan on Monday denied any wrongdoing regarding their involvement in Niger Delta Development Commission contracts.
“Between 2016- 2018 during my tour to several communities; leaders and welfare unions of most communities pleaded for urgent intervention on some dilapidated roads,” he said, in a statement signed by one of his aides, Emeka Nwala, “I wrote to the NDDC informing the body of the conditions of these roads and the need for their attention since Abia is an NDDC state.
“In the said publication, it was stated that ‘Uduaghan was linked to the emergency repairs of Close B, Alhaji Estate & Environs, Rumuodomaya, Port Harcourt at a cost of N429m’,” a statement signed by Uduaghan’s spokesman, Monoyo Edon, said. “Meanwhile, it would interest Nigerians to know that the contractors who built these roads have not been paid any dime. It has not been easy with the contractors but because it’s a community project they have only but kept hope alive on the NDDC.”The NDDC is currently undergoing a forensic audit over allegations of financial misappropriation within the agency.
Kalu, on Monday, said the linking of his name to the contracts will not push him to stop his interventions on roads in NDDC states.
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