Following reports that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) allowed individuals and companies to make away with N183.7 billion as advanced payments for contracts not yet executed, 2 top officials in the National Assembly have been indicted.
In a report published on Vanguard, the 2 top officials have been fingered as the backbones and instigators of the huge loss of public fund.
This was disclosed by a director in the commission who spoke to the media outfit on terms of anonymity.
According to the director, the 2 ‘powerful politicians’ used their membership of the NDDC to influence the award of multi-million Naira contracts to themselves and their associates.
The director also pointed out that the 2 men-a Senator and a House of Representatives member, used the name of a former president and his wife to intimidate the management and board of the NDDC to award staggering contracts to their companies, claiming to be acting on the instruction of the first family.
He said: “The events in the commission in recent months were beyond the control of the Management and board of the NDDC. They were virtually forced to award huge contracts and pay for such even before they were carried put. That is the truth,” a top management staff of NDDC confessed.
“These men actively used their positions in the NASS and their claimed closeness to a former president and his wife to corner most of the jobs and we could not do much to resist them.
“The problem now is that it is the management and the board that have to bear responsibility for the activity of the politicians who have since gone under and pretending as if they know nothing about what they did concerning contract awards in the commission.”
Details on Vanguard
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