A member of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Caroline Nagbo, has denied a report that she was among the acting members of the commission, who got N142million each. Nagbo, who is the only member of the IMC from Rivers State, described the report published by a Port Harcourt-based…
Tag: NDDC
N11.5b Smuggled Into NDDC’s Proposed 2020 Budget, Says IMC
THE Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Sunday alleged that N11.5bn contracts were smuggled into the agency’s budget. It said the “non-essential contracts” were for the supply of desks and chairs to schools in the Niger Delta. The NDDC has also petitioned Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, over the…
NDDC Received N946. 91 Billion Allocation In 18 Years
THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) received a whopping N946. 91 billion as budgetary allocation in 18 years, findings by The Nation has shown. The sum is part of the N9.43 trillion allocated between 1999 to 2019.as 13 per cent derivation to the nine oil producing states and other agencies of the Federal Government involved…
Senate Seeks Sack Of NDDC IMC, Refund Of N4.9Billion
The Senate’s gavel landed hard on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Thursday. Alleging massive financial recklessness in the intervention agency, the Senate recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari the sack of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the organisation. The resolution followed acceptance of the report of its Ad Hoc Committee, which investigated the…
BREAKING: I Didn’t Say Lawmakers Got 60 Percent Of NDDC Contracts – Akpabio
The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has denied accusing members of the National Assembly of collecting 60 percent of the contracts at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akpabio, in a letter read on the floor of the House during Plenary by the Speaker on Thursday said the only reference he made…
NDDC: Blame Niger Delta Leaders
SIR: One continues to be amazed at the level of under development of the Niger Delta in spite of enormous national resources that had been injected into the section year in year out. It becomes imperative for right-thinking individuals or determined government to thoroughly peruse the factor(s) undermining the development of the region. Getting to…
VIDEO: Most Contracts In NDDC Are Awarded To National Assembly Members – Akpabio
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, today July 20, disclosed that most of the contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are given to members of the National Assembly. READ ALSO He said this when he appeared before the house of representatives committee probing the commission. “We all know that most of…
Ex-NDDC MD Nunieh Has No NYSC Certificate – Godswill Akpabio
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh, did not participate in the mandatory one year service of the National Youth Service Corps. The minister, who told the House of Representatives Committee investigating financial mismanagement in the NDDC on Monday,…
BREAKING: NDDC MD Slumps While Answering Questions From Reps (Video)
The acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has slumped while being questioned by the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC. Prof Daniel Pondei slumped on Monday afternoon, forcing the Committee to put the grilling on hold as it investigates alleged financial misappropriation at the agency. Before the break, the Committee had…
NDDC: I Was Pressured To Spend N10b As Christmas ‘Palliatives’ — Nunieh
The immediate past Acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Joy Nuniel, told on Friday of how pressure was mounted on her to give out Christmas palliatives last year to the tune of N10 billion. Had she yielded, each of the states under the operations of the commission would have collected a minimum…
JOEBLINKS UPDATE 