The Citizens' Quest for Truth Initiative, a Non Governmental Organization championing right leadership and development in the Niger...
The Citizens’ Quest for Truth Initiative, a Non Governmental Organization championing right leadership and development in the Niger Delta region, has raised the alarm over alleged plot to scuttle the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission to cover the involvement of some politicians in the sleeze that bedeviled the Commission.
In a statement signed by its President and Founder, Oby Ndukwe, the group argued that “those asking for the records cannot claim innocence over the sleaze that has been going on in the Commission”. “From my findings, Akpabio is like a marked man in the field of play. He left PDP for the APC and that of course earned him more enemies in his former party. He was the Senate Minority leader and a key member of the PDP Caucus. And who is controlling the Committees on NDDC in the Senate? PDP of course. So, there is a correlation between the allegations and frustrations he is facing in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the region especially at the NDDC.
“The President has ordered that the audit covers a 19 year period from inception of the Commission. So why is NASS limiting theirs to just 6months of the IMC?, the statement read in part.
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