NDDC: Senate Panel Recommends Dissolution Of Management Committee & Refund Of Unjustifiable Funds

The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the misappropriation of funds in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Thursday has recommended that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) refund all β€œunjustifiable funds” paid to staff of the commission. The panel also recommended that henceforth, the NDDC report directly to President Muhammadu Buhari and asked that the president dissolve the IMC and set up a board for the commission. These are part of the recommendations read out by the chairman of the committee, Olubunmi Adetumbi. This comes exactly two weeks after the…

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Reps. Order Arrest Of Acting NDDC Chairman Having Staged A Walk-Out On Legislatures

The Nigerian lawmakers at the House of Representatives have ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to arrest the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Prof Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, for contempt of the legislature. The Interim Management Committee of the NDDC led by Pondei had walked-out on the committee when it appeared for the continuation of the investigative hearing of the commission. Pondei had questioned the credibility of the House Committee Chairman, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, saying he was corrupt as he had benefited from award of contracts in…

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