Tag: Godswill Akpabio
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NDDC probe: Investigation must be indepth, Akpabio demands
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has criticized what he described as the limited scope of the National Assembly’s inquest into the financial activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission. According to him, the probe should not be restricted to between February and July 2020 that is currently the mandate of the…
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NDDC contract: Allegations against me untrue — Uduaghan
Former Delta Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has described “as laughable and untrue” allegations by Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Senator Godswill Akpabio he benefitted from a N429m road contract from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akpabio had in a letter to Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila linked Uduaghan and his predecessor, James Ibori , among others with…
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NDDC: Set up investigative panel now, SERAP tells Buhari
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a non-governmental Organization, has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to urgently set up a presidential investigative panel to probe grave corruption allegations in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), including allegations that the agency illegally spent N81.5 billion on travels, condolences, consultancy and…
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I never harassed fmr NDDC acting MD, Akpabio insists
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied sundry allegations, including harassment levelled against him by a former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ms. Joi Nunieh. Nunieh, who headed the former Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC, in an interview on ARISE NEWS Channel, the broadcast…