NDDC, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei has appeared before a House of
Representatives committee investigating financial misappropriation
within the agency.
A petition has been addressed to the Senate alleging
that the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta
Development Commission mismanaged N6.25bn set aside for COVID-19
palliatives.
In a letter dated August 3, 2020, Chairman of the NDDC COVID-19
Palliatives Committee, Sobamabo Jackrich, described the management
of the funds as “a show of shame and a scam.”
Jackrich said the money was “misappropriated and embezzled by
the IMC of the NDDC and their Co-conspirators.”
“My findings is not only that the money cannot be accounted
for,” he added, “but there is nothing on ground to show that the
6.2 billion naira of our hard-earned taxpayers money was invested
for its original purpose which the President approved.”
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Jackrich asked the National Assembly to probe and investigate
the IMC, which is led by Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei.
“The IMC should be made to explain the hijack of the Palliatives
Distribution process and the sidelining of the inaugurated
Palliatives Distribution Committee which was saddled with the task
of Distribution of the palliatives in the nine Niger Delta states
as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari,” Jackrich said.
READ FULL VERSION OF JACKRICH’S PETITON
The NDDC is currently under scrutiny for alleged financial
misappropriation.
Prof. Pondei, who was appointed by President Buhari in February
2020, has publicly appeared before a House of Representatives
investigative committee on NCDC along with the Minister of Niger
Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.