NDDC Management Committee walkout on the House of Rep members

                         

There was drama in the House Representative Committee on Niger Delta, investigating the Interim management committee of NDDC on how N81.5 billion was spent without undertaken any project from February 2020 - May 2020. 

The acting MD of the NDDC, Daniel Pondei accused the House of Rep. committee chairman of being corrupt and walked out with his team, 

Mr. Pondei, who was present with the NDDC management team accused the chair of the house committee on Niger Delta Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, of corruption and thus his team will not speak before the committee.

           

"We are not comfortable with the chairman of this committee presiding over a matter he has been accused of.”

He asked the committee chairman to recuse himself from the investigation.

“There is no point of order here. As long as he is the chairman of this committee, the NDDC will not make any presentation here,” he said.

When lawmakers intervened and told the NDDC team that nobody could decide its modus operandi, the NDDC management staged a walkout. The NDDC team did not state the corruption allegation against Hon. Tunji-Ojo. Mr. Tunji-Ojo represents Akoko North East/ West Federal Constituency of Ondo state. 

The house is conducting an investigative hearing on the alleged financial malfeasance and other activities in the NDDC.

According In May, a group accused Mr. Tunji-Ojo of having benefited from award of contracts in the commission

The lawmaker described the allegations as shameful and baseless.