House of Reps reveal how NDDC spent over N81 Billion without any projects

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The Chairman House of Representative Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has revealed how the interim management Committee of NDDC spent N81.5 billion in 4 months (from February 2020 - May 2020) without due process and without undertaking any project. 

Hon. Tunji-Ojo said that House of Representatives has to investigate on allegation of financial recklessness at the commission. 

He also said, “The visionary eyes of forerunners in our hallowed chambers caught the dire need to develop the Niger Delta region to mitigate the impact of national economic activities in the area. In the year 2000, the National Assembly established the Act that birthed the Niger Delta Development Commission with a clear mandate to develop the land and the people.

“20 years after, we must ask ourselves some critical questions as the baton of preservation falls on us, today”, Tunji-Ojo added.

The honourable member gave the listed the spendings at the NDDC to include, N1.3bn for Community relations; N122.9m for Condolences; N83m for online media Consultancy; N31.4bn for COVID-19 palliative and N486m as DTA, in the period of 4 months.

Also within the specified period, Rep. Tunji-Ojo claimed the NDDC spent the sum of N790.9m as imprest; N1.956bn to fight the spread of Lassa fever; N900m for Legal services; N220m for maintenance and another N85.6m for oversea travel.

The IMC NDDC also spent the sum of N1.121bn for Project public communication; N744m on Security; N8.8bn for staff payment-related expenditure and N248m for what they described as stakeholders engagement from February to May 2020.

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