NDDC forensic auditors to examine 8,000 documents, says Senator_Akpabio
He said over 8,000 documents have been given to forensic auditors looking into the books of the agency.He said with the announcement of the forensic audit, 70 contractors have gone back to sites.
Akpabio, who spoke with reporters in Abuja, said: “I see a major change coming out of the rumbles in the Niger Delta.”“We are very determined to reposition the NDDC. I think the root cause of the problem in the commission is about its years of corruption; endemic corruption. Mr President is very determined to leave a legacy of having an NDDC that is free of corruption. For me, I believe strongly that we shall achieve the objective.
“It is no longer possible for somebody to go to the CBN and take out N40billion without a trace. I am aware that when you are coming to a commission, you will inherit both the liabilities and the assets. And in this case, their liabilities include a pile up of debt to the tune of over N2trillion.” “So, I want to see the NDCC with a balance sheet. That is, the forensic audit will throw it up. We want to know which one was laid, which one was not laid. Who collected money that did not execute the job, who has money to refund, who has the job to go back and do.“Even, when they announced the forensic audit, over 70 contractors have gone back to sites.
Akpabio said: “As the minister of the Niger Delta, I am committed to those objectives of changing the narratives in the Niger Delta and I am working towards them. But I can’t achieve all these if the only parastatal under my ministry, NDDC still remains the way we all know it. I am not a fugitive from reality, people used to pretend that such does not exist, but I will not.
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