Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Umana Okon Umana has urged the newly inaugurated board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to shun the impulse for the award of spurious and indiscriminate new contracts.
… threaten sanction on violators of the procurement act
He also urged the board to look into allegations of irregular employment from 2019 and follow up on the ongoing personnel audit in the Commission. “The New Board will have to look into these allegations of irregular employment from 2019 and follow up on the ongoing personnel audit in the Commission to make sure that all cases of employment during the period under review were in accordance with extant rules and regulations of the Service.
Members of the board includes: Buhari’s Special Assistant on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive chairman for the Board, from Delta State, representing the South-South geopolitical zone on the board; Major-General Charles Airhiavbere from Edo State as the ; and Charles Ogunmola from Ondo State, as Executive Director, Projects.
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