The Minister said this during a meeting with the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, on Wednesday in Abuja.
Browsing: Forensic audit
Ikpeazu spoke against the background of a report that his government awarded a N10 billion contract for the construction of an airport in Abia without doing same.
Speaking at the virtual commissioning of the NDDC Prototype Hostel at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom, the President said it was regrettable that the special development fund of the entire region was squandered by a few for more than 20 years, leaving many in penury.
It was yet another shocking revelation at the Senate hearing at the National Assembly on the troubled Niger Delta Development Commission. That the Interim Management Committee, led by Prof. Pondei Kemebradikumo, allocated about N1.3 billion to themselves as palliatives since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Niger Delta Development Commission has said the alleged sponsored media attacks on the activities of its Interim Management Committee are meant to derail the forensic audit ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, says the ongoing forensic audit on the Niger Delta Development Commission is not targeted at individuals.
The Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs has given recognition to the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission headed by Dr. Joy Nunieh.
More details have emerged concerning why a faceless group, Awareness for Good Governance Group, called for the removal of Dr. Okwu Joseph Nnanna as the Chairman of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank over allegations of fraud in the Bank.