LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is seeking the prosecution of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), of the Commission and several contractors prosecuted for looting over N81.5bn through phony contracts, over invoicing and other frauds between January to May, 2020. The panel also revealed that the…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has revealed that the new head of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei and other members of the Committee now collect 20 per cent to 30 per cent of contract sums before Contractors are paid. This is contained in the report…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are indications of imminent tension in Niger Delta as stakeholders from the region are set to stage a massive protest against Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee IMC of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over the misappropriation of funds belonging to the agency…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate ad hoc committee investigating the misappropriation of funds in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has asked that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) refund all “unjustifiable funds” paid to staff of the commission. The panel also recommended that henceforth, the NDDC report directly to President Muhammadu Buhari and asked that…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Mr. Ojeh Godwin, has lamented what he called flagrant abuse of statutory procedure and due process, calling for an urgent investigation of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). ‘’It is disheartening that the leadership of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020. The extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under…