Cairo Ojougboh, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) acting
executive director of projects, says a sitting Nigerian senator is
handling 300 of the commission’s project.
Ojougboh, who did not name the senator, said 120 of the
contracts have been fully paid for, saying that the contracts are
being investigated.
Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja, he said the
commission is owing N3 trillion in contract sum and that the
ongoing forensic audit would help uncover how the debt was
accrued.
The federal government had inaugurated a three-man committee to
oversee the operations of the NDDC.
President Muhammadu Buhari recently ordered a forensic audit of
the operations of the commission from 2001 to 2019.
The president said the directive became imperative in view of
the persistent criticisms of the operations of the commission.
Ojougboh accused the unnamed senator of sabotaging the efforts
of the interim committee.
“Somebody who is particularly interested in a major contract of
the NDDC, who is a member of the Senate of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, he alone has 300 jobs in the NDDC. Of the 300 contracts,
120 has been fully paid and he has not mobilised to site for these
120,” Ojougboh said.
“It is obvious that the reason he is behaving the way he is
behaving is that he wants the system, the looting in the NDDC to
continue, and this is what the Interim Management Committee will
not support. It is as simple as that.
“The NDDC Interim Payment Certificates that are pending are
worth over N3 trillion. That is what the NDDC owes these phantom
contractors. It is these phantom contractors that are preaching and
making noise to stop the probe. All they want is for the stealing
to continue.
“Therefore, when given the opportunity that we have just been
given, our job is to make sure that we avail the auditors all the
necessary documents and information, all the necessary help they
need because we are not protecting any interest but to help the
auditors do their job as it is required.”
He said the commission is owing some of its workers 15 years
salary arrears.
“All they want is to bring puppets to manage the forensic audit
because they know that the members of the IMC will not compromise.
If you look at the records at the NDDC, you will cry,” he said.
“Some genuine people that have done jobs for the board have not
been paid for over 15 years and their families are suffering. Many
of those who were paid are these phantom contractors.
“I appeal to Nigerians to support the position of Mr President,
to support the IMC, to support the people of the Niger Delta and
the forensic audit.”
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50% Discount to enhance Production
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural
Development, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri has reassured farmers of
Federal Government’s resolve to support and also make farming
equipment accessible to them in other to achieve food sufficiency
and economic growth in Nigeria. The Minister gave this
assurance when he visited the Livestock House of the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in Mando,
Kaduna, Kaduna State over the weekend.
Shehuri pointed out that the visit was basically to
ensure that the staff and management team of the ministry in the
Kaduna office worked in tandem with the objectives of the
Federal Government at improving the farmers capacity towards
achieving food security for the teaming population and Job creation
for the Nigerian youth and as such, he stated that “We will
ensure that the equipment and farm inputs procured by the ministry
get directly to the people they are meant for (farmers) because
they are the bedrock of government investment designed to achieve
government’s policy of economic diversification and growth through
the agricultural sector.
The Minister further stated that the farming equipment
procured by the ministry would be sold to farmers at 50% discount
to show government commitment, determination and good will at
improving farmers production capacity in order to actualize the
food sufficiency policy and income generation of the current
administration. He added that “the border closure has further
energized rice farmers and they are working assiduously to
continuously produce the quantity locally consumed and prepare to
mobilize for export in the nearest future. Today, they are smiling
to the banks with the impressive sales they have recorded and this
opportunity has created more jobs, not only in rice production but
also livestock and other commodities.”
The Minister described Nigerian farmers as the very
determined and hardworking workforce in the labour industry in the
country, saying, “they work tirelessly even without assistance from
government to improve the country’s economy and put food at the
table for Nigerian homes. “We look at agriculture as an
enterprising business and we assure Nigerians of better jobs from
the type of growth that will result from it,” he added.
In his remarks, the North West Zonal Director, FMARD,
Engr. Mathew Owolabi described the minister’s visit as a good and
timely adding that this would encourage and enhance the capability
of staff in the state office and the zone in general. He
pledged the support of the entire North West to work arduously
towards achieving its mandate and the next level agenda of Mr.
President in the agriculture sector, in terms of job creation,
economic growth and food security.
For: Director, information ( FMARD)