The Presidency on Friday denied
reports that it has dissolved the Interim Management Committee of the Niger
Delta Development Commission.
There have been recent calls by
the National Assembly for the dissolution of the committee and the return of
the NDDC to the Presidency for direct supervision.
For instance, the Senate ad hoc
committee set up to unravel the alleged financial recklessness of the IMC to
the tune of tens of billions of naira on Thursday lamented the extra-budgetary
spending of the IMC, urging the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari
(retd), to immediately dissolve the committee.
The House of Representatives is
also currently probing alleged corruption in the NDDC.
But reacting to reports in some
sections of the media that the IMC has been dissolved due to the calls by the
legislature, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina, said there was nothing as such.
In a statement on Friday titled,
‘Fake News On NDDC Attributed To Me’, Adesina wrote, “A statement purportedly
signed by me has been making the rounds that the Federal Government has
dissolved the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC.
“Merchants of fake news in
action. The communication did not emanate from the media office of the
President. Please ignore.”
The President had in October 2019
set up a three-man committee “to create the enabling environment for the
forensic audit” that covers 18 years of NDDC’s operations between 2001- 2019.
The NDDC IMC was later enlarged
to five in February 2020 by the President following the termination of the
appointment of the then acting Managing Director, Joy Nunieh, who was replaced by
Kemebradikumo Pondei.
Other members of the committee
are acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Ibanga Etang; acting
Executive Director, Projects, Cairo Ojougboh; as well as two members Caroline
Nagbo; Cecilia Akintomide.
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