While senior officials got the grants, hundreds of NDDC scholarship beneficiaries have not been paid for years.
relief funds’, the latest major revelation is how the NDDC paid scholarship grants to the Managing Director, Daniel Pondei, and other top officials of the commission.Top among the beneficiaries are Mr Pondei, the acting deputy director, projects, Cairo Ojougboh, and another director, Luke Ibanga.The Senate had on July 23 considered the report of the panel that exposed the ‘reckless’ and ‘budgetless’ spending by the IMC.
The report also listed a Seledi Wakama who was paid N3.5 million twice for the same purpose. It is unclear if the aforementioned is a staff of the commission. Although the date for the approval of these payments were not stated, the purpose of payment, however, suggests 2020.
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