Minister of Niger Delta Affairs
Buhari orders payment of NDDC scholarship students
Gbeleyi Abayomi President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the payment of fees and stipends of stranded scholarship students of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) studying abroad. In A statement signed by the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, he said Buhari conveyed the directive to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, following …
Godswill Akpabio makes u- turn names lawmakers who got NDDC contracts
Gbeleyi Abayomi In a dramatic twist, The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has decided to name some federal lawmakers who allegedly got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Prominent in the list of lawmakers include the Chairman of the Senate committee on Niger Delta, Peter Nwabaoshi, whose name was listed against …
Akpabio accuses National Assembly members of hijacking Most contracts in NDDC.
Gbeleyi Abayomi The minister of Niger delta affairs , Godswill Akpabio, has accused the National Assembly members of getting most of the contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The minister made this revelation when he appeared before the house of representatives committee probing the commission. “We all know that most of the contracts …
Reps summon NDDC chief, Akpabio as ex-MD appears before committee
Gbeleyi Abayomi The House of Representatives committee that has oversight on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have once again summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the Acting Managing Director of the agency, Daniel Pondei. The lawmakers took the decision on Friday at the continuation of their investigation into alleged financial …
NDDC ‘abandoned’ $70 million in bank for 13 years – Akpabio
Gbeleyi Abayomi The last may not have been heard about how the NDDC was managed, While hundreds of NDDC projects remain abandoned and uncompleted across the oil producing states, partly due to non release of funds, the agency ‘abandoned’ $70 million in a bank for over a decade, this is according to an official in …
Accountant General’s report indict 626 contractors over 70bn abandoned projects
Gbeleyi Abayomi pressure mount on speaker to dissolve Ad-hoc Committee probing NDDC projects There is intense pressure from undislosed quarters on the Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila to stop an ongoing investigation into the abandoned developmental projects across Niger Delta geopolitical zone, Tribune Online gathered on Monday. Sources close to the Speaker’s …
