The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said the
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, stands by the list of
contractors he released.
Akpabio had mentioned some lawmakers and ex-governors as
NDDC contractors.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the commission’s
Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said the names were from files in
the possession of forensic auditors.
“The Interim Management Committee of the commission stands
by the list which came from files already in the possession of the forensic
auditors.
“It is not an Akpabio list but the NDDC’s list; the list is
part of the volume of 8,000 documents already handed over to the forensic
auditors.
“Prominent indigenes of the Niger Delta whose names were on
the list should not panic as the commission knew that people used the names of
prominent persons in the region to secure contracts, and the ongoing forensic
audit would unearth those behind the contracts,” it read.
Akpabio’s list included the Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Niger Delta, Peter Nwabaoshi, whose name was listed against 53 projects.
He also said Senator Matthew Urhoghide and Senator James
Manager got six projects each, while a former senator, Samuel Anyanwu, got 19
projects.
A former Delta State governor, James Ibori, and ex-Abia
state governor, Orji Kalu, were also indicted.
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