The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has suspended payments for contracts executed by the last management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
He lamented that NDDC had failed to live up to its responsibilities in the last 20 years. Akpabio said it was disheartening that NDDC was paying over N200 million as rent yearly and incurred a debt of over N2 trillion.
He noted that payments made for jobs executed in the last one month would be subjected to forensic analysis and audit to determine if they were genuine, and records of the commission looked into to checkmate asset stripping.
The minister said reports showed that NDDC failed the people, as there were no legacy projects executed. He spoke when he addressed the Interim Management Team of the commission, led by Mrs. Ekwagaga Enyia, at his conference room in Abuja.
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