Tag: Niger Delta Development Commission

There have been accusations and counter-accusations between the minister and the ex-NDDC boss.

We call on the leadership of the National Assembly and the few politicians bullying the NDDC and its supervising minister; ...

The management of the school, in 2013 alone, paid N36 million to its staff as dressing allowance.

The Senate has extended the tenure of the ad-hoc committee investigating the allegation by four weeks

President Buhari had earlier ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the commission.

The N1 billion is to be disbursed to the nine states in the Niger Delta region.

The second reading of the bill comes two weeks after the South West Development Commission Bill scaled second reading.

President Muhammadu Buhari had in October last year ordered a forensic audit of NDDC from 2001 to 2019.

While many commend the ninth Senate, other Nigerians tag its leadership as a rubber stamp.

Residents say the completion of the projects would benefit them and ensure more regular supply of electricity.

In one of the communities, the abandoned and uncompleted health centre was simply converted to a school by residents.

The lawmakers are to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the financial activities of the commission from 2017 to date.

President ordered the audit on the agency on Thursday.

The agency has little to show for the billions of naira it has received in the last 19 years.

The governor says the Edo government would sue the NDDC's contractors for sub-standard projects.

Amongst other things, the committee is investigating the cost of award, period of award, the state of completion and constraints ...

Mr Buhari had previously declined to sign the bill in April after lawmakers first passed and sent it to him

The witness, a staff of Heritage Bank, testified in court against the ex-NDDC official.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom has been insisting that Mr Ekere was sacked from the NDDC.

The move is coming barely 24 hours after the South East Development Commission Bill was passed.

Mr Udoedehe, a former senator, had earlier rejected the governorship primary won by Nsima Ekere.

Nsima Ekere won by primary by an overwhelming margin, an official says.

Mr Dan-Abia is one of the four aspirants cleared by the APC to contest for the party's governorship ticket in ...

He said the state has the potential to become the economic leader not just in Nigeria, but in sub-Saharan Africa.

He gave this warning on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.