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It said the names emanated from files in the possession of the forensic auditors, adding that it was part of the volume of 8,000 documents handed over to the audit team.
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The minister had during an investigative hearing by the House of Representatives last month, revealed that some lawmakers were beneficiaries of NDDC projects.
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He, subsequently, released a list of the contractors which included the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta, Peter Nwabaoshi, whose name was listed against 53 projects.
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He also said Senator Matthew Urhoghide and Sen. James Manager got six projects each while a former senator, Samuel Anyanwu, got 19 projects.
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The former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC, Nicholas Mutu, was also named by the minister as receiving 74 contracts, as well as a former Delta State governor, James Ibori, and ex-Abia state governor, Orji Kalu.
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All the men had denied the allegations, but the NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said, “The Interim Management Committee of the commission stands by the list which came from files already in the possession of the forensic auditors.
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“It is not an Akpabio list but the NDDC’s list; the list is part of the volume of 8,000 documents already handed over to the forensic auditors.
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“Prominent indigenes of the Niger Delta whose names were on the list should not panic as the commission knew that people used the names of prominent persons in the region to secure contracts, and the ongoing forensic audit would unearth those behind the contracts.”
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In a statement titled, ‘NDDC Invites President Buhari To Commission Signature Project’, the commission justified the release of the contractors’ names...
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The minister had during an investigative hearing by the House of Representatives last month, revealed that some lawmakers were beneficiaries of NDDC projects.
.
He, subsequently, released a list of the contractors which included the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta, Peter Nwabaoshi, whose name was listed against 53 projects.
.
He also said Senator Matthew Urhoghide and Sen. James Manager got six projects each while a former senator, Samuel Anyanwu, got 19 projects.
.
The former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC, Nicholas Mutu, was also named by the minister as receiving 74 contracts, as well as a former Delta State governor, James Ibori, and ex-Abia state governor, Orji Kalu.
.
All the men had denied the allegations, but the NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said, “The Interim Management Committee of the commission stands by the list which came from files already in the possession of the forensic auditors.
.
“It is not an Akpabio list but the NDDC’s list; the list is part of the volume of 8,000 documents already handed over to the forensic auditors.
.
“Prominent indigenes of the Niger Delta whose names were on the list should not panic as the commission knew that people used the names of prominent persons in the region to secure contracts, and the ongoing forensic audit would unearth those behind the contracts.”
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In a statement titled, ‘NDDC Invites President Buhari To Commission Signature Project’, the commission justified the release of the contractors’ names...
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@punchnewspapers
Another drama and fainting loading. They should stop trading blames, EFCC should prosecute the guilty ones among them. A kettle calling pot black
ReplyDeleteThe question now is what are they doing about it? Or will they just let it slid? Am just tired of this country
ReplyDeleteSurely the list is authentic, Akpabio the player wont make such a mistake
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Let the blame game begin
ReplyDeleteSo what will be done about it?
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