In effect the IMC did not treat the NDDC as the crime scene it was supposed to but as a farm to be exploited. NDDC NigerDelta Buhari Nigeria
The recent revelations of fraud against the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission and the fallouts from them give great cause for concern. The reports indicate a troubling corruption armada at the NDDC at a time the minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio is busy mouthing a forensic audit.
Ordinarily, anyone desirous of cleansing the agency should be happy at the unearthing of these humongous and opaque contracts and payments, but the opposite is the case at the NDDC. In response to the reports of corruption, the minister and the IMC seem to have gone into overdrive, sacking staff of the commission suspected to be disloyal and behind the leaks. Some of these staff are said not to be only experienced but very dedicated.
In the last few weeks it has been revealed that the NDDC under the IMC and on the instruction of Akpabio has made over N15 billion in payments for and award of new emergency contracts. These are contracts unbudgeted for. Some of them include for unspecified medical supplies and maternal delivery kits.
These revelations say in plain language that the idea of an Interim Management Committee for the NDDC was a gross error at best and at worst a ploy to micromanage the agency for selfish ends. Indeed, when the IMC was clandestinely appointed in October 2019 at a time a Governing Board had been nominated and was undergoing screening at the Senate, Akpabio had said that the IMC will supervise the audit strictly as its only mandate after which the board will be inaugurated.
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