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NDDC seeks lawmakers’ support to access pending N60bn from ecological fund

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5 years ago

September 25, 2019

Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Akwaga Enyia, has expressed the commission’s commitment to addressing the low rate of completion of its awarded projects.

Mrs. Enyia who appeared the ad hoc committee investigating abandoned projects by the commission, asked the house to help it recover over N60,213,707,329.72 from the ecological fund.

During the investigative hearing on Wednesday, she said N60,213,707,329.72 was due to the commission from the ecological fund, revealing that there was a budget gap of N983,836,723,863.

“I would like to state that the NDDC is determined to tackle this huge challenge of extremely low and slow rate of project completion. But, to do this, we very humbly request for the backing of this honourable Committee, the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, at large.

“In particular, we ask for your help in the recovery of all payments due from the Federal Government, as well as oil and gas companies operating in the Niger Delta region, in accordance with the NDDC Act,” she said.

Mrs. Enyia also appealed to the house to help ensure a drastic reduction in the introduction of new projects to the NDDC budget.

Disclosing the number of projects by the commission, she stated that the commission had a total of 9,820 of which 4,288 are completed, 1,796 are yet to commenced and 342 are stalled and 2,645 are presently ongoing.

She added that 660 projects had just been awarded, while the commission had terminated 49 of them and taken over 30.

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