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  • Updated: August 05, 2020

We Stand By Contract Beneficiaries' List Released By Akpabio - NDDC IMC

We Stand By Contract Beneficiaries' List Released By Akpabio

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has confirmed the authenticity of the contract beneficiaries' list released by the Minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio.

A statement released on Tuesday by the commission's Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, indicated that the list emanated from 8,000 documents handed over to forensic auditors.

“The Interim Management Committee of the commission stands by the list which came from files already in the possession of the forensic auditors,” he said.

“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.

“The intention of the list was to expose committee chairmen in the national assembly who used fronts to collect contracts from the commission, some of which were never executed,” he said.

It will be recalled that Akpabio had listed some federal lawmakers and former governors as beneficiaries of contracts awarded by the commission.

Amongst the beneficiaries listed were former Delta governors James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, chairman of the Senate committee on NDDC Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the Senate committee on public accounts Matthew Urhoghide, and Orji Uzor Kalu, senate whip.

However, all the lawmakers and governors listed by Akpabio have denied benefitting from the contracts accusing Akpabio of attempting to tarnish their reputation.

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