Abandoned Projects: Reps Uncover N67bn Contract Scam In Niger-Delta - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 26, 2019
The House of RepresentativesCommittee on abandoned Projects awarded by the Niger-Delta DevelopmentCommission, NDDC has directed the commission to recover over sixty billionnaira and other funds disbursed for contracts.
The directive was issued by thecommittee’s chairman Ossai ‎Nicholas Ossai at the resumed hearing of the committeewho was responding to submissions by the NDDC management team led by its ActingManaging Director Akwaga Enyia who appeared before the committee to givedetails of contracts awarded by the commission.
The committee urged the NDDC torecover about sixty one billion naira from contractors who abandoned sites ‎andanother five point eight billion naira alleged excess payment to others asdiscovered in a preliminary report of the investigation by the committee.
According to the committee chairman,over six hundred contractors were suspiciously awarded contracts by the NDDCacross the states of jurisdiction.