We won’t allow South-South Govs to interfere, control NDDC – Group
Following the alleged request by South-South governors to control the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a group ‘Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy’ (VATLAD), Wednesday opposed the move, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to quash the idea. The group took out time to remind the South-South governors that NDDC was created due […]
I didn’t accuse NASS of NDDC contracts fraud-Akpabio
By Tordue Salem, Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio denied that he ever accused members of the National Assembly of collecting contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Minister, during an investigative hearing at the House of Representatives, had claimed that 60% of NDDC contracts went to Federal lawmakers. He […]
Former NDDC MD forfeits N250m to government
A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has forfeited a sum of N250,000,000 to the Federal Government. Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, recently granted the final forfeiture of the money, based on an application for final forfeiture of the fund by the Lagos zonal office […]
Niger Delta leaders, ICPC set for showdown over NDDC staff
The Niger Delta leaders and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) may be heading for showdown over the interrogation of senior management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Notable leaders in the region, under the aegis of the Niger Delta Leaders Forum (NDLF) on Friday described the action of […]
NDDC: Buhari should act on the IMC indictment for corruption
BY Ebi Arogbofa At the just ended retreat for his ministers at which they reviewed their first-year performances, President Muhammadu Buhari was upbeat that his administration has shown probity and accountability in the manner it has tackled the problem of corruption. To a partisan watcher of the president, he may have got accolades but not […]
Coalition of 30 Niger Delta Civil Society Groups call on FG to stop funding NDDC due to massive corruption
A coalition of thirty civil society organisations drawn across the Niger Delta region has called on the federal government, multinational oil companies and development partners to discontinue any form of funding to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as a result of what they described as massive corruption and pervasive culture of looting that is still going on in the Commission.
Looting: Freeze NDDC account now, group tells Buhari
By Emmanuel Elebeke A Civil Society Organization, Act For Positive Transformation Initiative has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately freeze the accounts of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC to stop further looting of resources. The group at a press briefing on Monday lamented what it called monumental pillaging of public and by few […]
NDDC, PAP, probes: PANDEF demands prosecution of those indicted
By Chioma Onuegbu THE apex socio-cultural organisation of the South-South geo-political zone, Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has demanded prosecution of persons indicted in the ongoing investigation of alleged misappropriation of funds in Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, and Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. National Chairman of PANDEF and former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, […]
CSO urges Buhari to freeze NDDC account
The Act for Positive Transformation Initiative, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has requested President Muhammadu Buhari to freeze the account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and suspend all further spending in the commission. Mr Johnson Kolawale, the Head, Directorate of Research, Strategy, and Programme, made the call at a news conference on Monday […]
OMPADEC, NDDB failed due to excessive corruption ― Akpabio
By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed concerns over the magnitude of rots at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, recalled that previous intervention agencies including the Niger Delta Development Board, NDDB, created in 1958 and Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, OMPADEC, in 1992 all […]
Forensic Audit: NDDC will emerge stronger ― Akpabio
By Chris Ochayi – Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, would emerge stronger and well-focused to deliver its mandate at the end of the ongoing forensic audit. Senator Akpabio, who stated this while inaugurating the Field Forensic Auditors at his office in Abuja, […]
