Timi Frank asks EFCC, ICPC to probe NDDC’s $15bn rail project | TheCable
Timi Frank, a former deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress , has called for the probe of a project by the Niger Delta Development Commission .a $15 billion memorandum of understanding between the management of the commission and Atlanta Global Resources Inc., a US-based firm.In a statement issued on Sunday, Frank asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to look into the matter.
“It is curious therefore, as to how only the managing director and a selected few in connivance with the minister of Niger Delta affairs would proceed to sign an MoU without the prior knowledge of the chairman, but rather justifying an ultra vires action,” he said. Frank said the MoU was undertaken “without due consultation with the board”, adding that it is “outrightly insensitive at this time”.He called on the NDDC to be “reminded that the struggle for the attainment of a better Niger Delta was a battle fought by many and thus as stakeholders in this struggle, we’re mandated to serve the people relentlessly rather than engaging in the same setbacks of the past”.
Frank asked the members of the commission’s management not to toe the same path as their predecessors.
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