The Association of Contractors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (ACNDDC) on Thursday embarked on a protest march at the premises of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Abuja over alleged mismanagement of monthly funds accruing to the Commission.
The protester also urged President Buhari to “urgently inaugurate a substantive Board for the NDDC to ensure smooth operations.”
At the protest march, President of the Association, Comrade Sylvester Tonye Iyade, appealed to the federal government to pay outstanding debts it owes NDDC contractors.
According to Iyade “we are not interested in the politics they play, all we want is that they bring a board. You have an Interim Administrator who does not even come to the office in Port Harcourt. For over two months you will never see him. He is always in Abuja. We want a board that will sit and be responsible to the people, not a Sole Administrator.”
The President of ACNDDC also stated that “the Senate has screened the Board already, let them bring them on.
”On the forensic audit of the Commission which report was presented to President Buhari on September 2, 2021 by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Iyade said “The forensic audit was a scam. You can’t be on my site and I’m not there and you say you are doing forensic audit. Who does that?”
