NDDC: group dismisses NASS’s probe as ‘mere ruse’
An accountability and advocacy group, the Citizens Quest for Truth Initiative, has dismissed the National Assembly’s probe of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission as a mere ruse that cannot midwife the desired transformation in the Commission.
According to a statement signed by its President and Publicity Secretary, Chief Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe and Francis Ndimkoha, respectively, the group stressed that, “it is funny how the cabal that has held down the NDDC for two decades are now the same set of people posturing with a holier than thou disposition and suffocating the media space with tales of how the five months old Interim Management Committee of the NDDC suddenly became the reason the Commission failed to achieve its core...
“A cross section of Nigerians, particularly outside the Niger Delta, have hailed this move, because it adorns a garb of a good intent to serve the people.
“Furthermore, the figures being bandied by both chambers were at the same time divergent and consistently inconsistent. The earliest notice and invitation to the public hearing which greeted the media space, and was published in the National dailies was hinged on alleged misappropriation of N40 billon and the supposed sacking of Civil Servants in the Commission without due process, among other issues.
“The fact that some of this much-needed information were not in public domain made the National Assembly members appear like they were truly fighting for the people. And when it was time for the public hearing, they sifted and sieved through the Memoranda submitted and chose those to invite. The statement also stressed that, “the Citizens Quest for Truth Initiative, despite being aware of this stark oddity, braved the odds and graced the two Chambers of the National Assembly, to defend the Memo already sent it, to both Secretariats of the Committees in The Senate and The House of Representatives. Against all attempts at silencing the group, we made sure that our support for the Forensic Audit was made known to the world.
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