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The House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to appear and make presentations before it on Monday, July 20, 2020.
The Committee also summoned the Managing Director of NDDC, Kemebradikumo Pondei to appear before it on the same day.
Pondei had angered the lawmakers after walking out on them on Thursday at the investigative hearing of the Committee.
He said the Commission cannot partake in an investigative hearing which is being presided over by the chairman of the committee who has been accused by the NDDC of hijacking the Commission’s projects.
Pondei was of the opinion that the NDDC will not get a fair hearing.
The Commission, however, refused to make presentations before the House Committee on NDDC.
The invitation of Akpabio and Pondei comes after the former acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Joi Nunieh, on Friday gave her testimony at the House Committee on Public Hearing via zoom.
Nunieh was billed to appear before the committee on Thursday but her house was besieged by some armed security agents, hindering her from making a physical appearance.
In her presentation which she made to the committee, she defended herself against allegations of corruption, arguing that there was no contractor that paid bribes.
The House of Representative Committee is investigating alleged misappropriation of funds running into billions of naira in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
BADEJO ADEMUYIWA has 23 years experience as a Finance Writer, specialising in Insurance and Investigative Reporting.
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