Two former governors of Delta
State, James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, and a former Governor of Abia State,
Orji Uzor Kalu have been linked to the various contracts awarded by the Niger
Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Also linked to the contracts in
the letter submitted to the House of Representatives Speaker, Femi
Gbajabiamila, is a former lawmaker for the Imo North (Okigwe) constituency of
Imo State, Senator Ifeanyi Ararume.
Recall that a list had appeared
earlier containing names of Senators and House of Representatives members
involved in Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC contracts.
In the letter with Reference
Number MNDA/HM/04/IV/158, addressed to the Clerk to House of Reps, Patrick
Giwa, and also copied to the office of the Attorney General of the
Federation/Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, the Minister named the top
government officials as beneficiaries of the NDDC contracts.
The emergency repairs projects
linked to them were awarded two years ago precisely in 2018 at a cost ranging
from N400m and N560m each.
One of the projects linked to
James Ibori, a former Delta State Governor, was the emergency repairs of
Onoghove community road from Ajanesan to Western Delta University at a cost of
N485.7m.
Uduaghan, also a former Governor
of Delta State, was linked to the emergency repairs of Close B, Alhaji Estate
& Environs, Rumuodomaya, Port Harcourt at a cost of N429m.
Five projects were linked to
Kalu, who was simply identified in the document as OUK-Kalu (the project
source).
The emergency repairs on road
projects linked to Kalu are in Abia State and the costs ranged from N517m to
N560m.
The details are Emergency repairs
of Ezere-Acha-Ndiokoukwu Road (N517.9m) and repairs of Amaubiri-Eluama-Uru Ring
Road, Lokpaukwu, Umuchieze (N560m).
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