Timi Frank, a former deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to dissolve the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) before leaving office.
Frank said the commission should be dissolved over corruption allegations and misconduct.
Recently, Lauretta Onochie, chair of the commission, and the management were at loggerheads over a $15 billion mega rail project.
The president had ordered a forensic audit of the commission after large sums of funds meant for projects were unaccounted for. Details of the report are yet to be disclosed.
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In a statement issued on Monday, the former APC spokesperson expressed dismay that the NDDC is still marred with corruption allegations.
“Instead of harmonizing the blueprint for building a sustainable commission saddled with the responsibility of delivering first class interventions to the people of the Niger Delta, the NDDC is rather confronted yet again with weighty allegations of corruption by members of its own board whose tenure only began less than five months ago,” he said.
“Following recent revelations of corruption in the NDDC and counter-accusations of mismanagement between the recently inaugurated board and management of the commission at the senate, it will be safe to conclude that the primary objective of piloting the affairs of the commission has suffered yet another setback in the twilight of this new management board.”
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Frank added that it is very worrisome that such allegations are springing up at a time when all hands should be on deck toward the rebirth of the NDDC.
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