Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the senate committee on the
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has dismissed a letter by the agency
asking him to refund N2.5 billion.
The commission alleged Nwaoboshi was awarded a N2.5 billion
contract to supply plastic desks and chairs to primary and secondary schools in
the region.
It alleged that the items were bought but diverted to a
warehouse along the Benin expressway.
Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs, named Nwaoboshi as one of the legislators that got contracts from the commission — an allegation he denied.
In a statement on Friday, Nwaoboshi said the interim
management committee (IMC) of the commission is confused because he was
initially accused of obtaining a N3.7 billion contract that has now been
reduced to N2.5 billion.
The Delta senator said the “charade” by the NDDC could be
seen even through the eyes of Stevie Wonder.
Wonder is an American singer and songwriter who is blind
from birth. He is known to have made hits in the 1970s.
“The purported letter addressed to the Distinguished Senator
Peter Nwaoboshi was written on the 5th of July 2020 and as at today, 7th of
August 2020, said letter has not reached Senator Peter Nwaoboshi – either in
person or Office or by substitution,” the lawmaker said.
“Nowhere in the purported letter was it stated that the
warehouse, where the plastic chairs were domiciled at belongs to distinguished
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi.
“We have always maintained that the IMC of NDDC are a bunch
of confused men without vision or direction. Initially, the alleged figure was
pegged at N3.7 billion only for the confused IMC team to now come up with a
totally different figure of N2.5 billion.
“Nigerians and the entire world could see the charades
clearly. Even through the eyes of Steve Wonder!
“However, if the IMC of NDDC feel they truly have a genuine
case against senator Peter Nwaoboshi as contained in the purported letter, we
are challenging them to go to the law court or make use of every legal
procedure available to them.”
The senate panel that probed the NDDC asked its interim
management to refund N4.9 billion.
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