Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that he is not
surprised by the recent revelations about the activities of the Niger Delta
Development Commission (NDDC).
According to Wike, the agency has since deviated from its
original mandate and has become a cash cow for some corrupt politicians.
“I have said before and it is very clear; my concern is
everybody knows that NDDC was set up for the development of the region,” he
told Channels Television on Tuesday.
Speaking further, Wike alleged that the NDDC brought out N10
billion cash to stop his reelection in 2019.
“Unfortunately, they have turned it to a different thing;
NDDC is a cash cow for politicians. In my own election, NDDC brought N10
billion cash to fight against me,” he said.
Wike was reacting to the emerging revelations of corrupt
practices in the NDDC.
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The Senate and the House of Representatives are currently
probing the fraud running into billions of Naira in the agency.
The fraud was said to have been
perpetrated by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC between
February and May 2020.
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