{"id":25534,"date":"2020-05-26T19:54:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=25534"},"modified":"2020-05-26T19:54:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:54:01","slug":"nddc-acting-md-alleges-commissions-2019-budget-was-padded-with-500-fake-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nddc-acting-md-alleges-commissions-2019-budget-was-padded-with-500-fake-projects","title":{"rendered":"NDDC acting MD alleges commission\u2019s 2019 budget was padded with 500 fake projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, revealed on Tuesday that the commission\u2019s 2019 budget was inflated with over 500 non-existing projects.<\/p>\n

Pondei disclosed this to journalists while making clarifications on alleged corruption by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC.<\/p>\n

The Senate had earlier this month set up a seven-man ad hoc committee to investigate alleged misappropriation of N40billion within three months by the IMC.<\/p>\n

The NDDC chief said that billions of naira was appropriated for the non-existing projects.<\/p>\n

He said the IMC made the discovery while investigating the 2019 appropriation to the Commission.<\/p>\n

According to Pondei, the NDDC 2019 budget will terminate on May 31 without any project executed in the region during the fiscal year.<\/p>\n

He said\u201d \u201cWe discovered that after NDDC forwarded its budget to the National Assembly Committees on NDDC, what was sent back to the Commission was no longer recognisable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 2019 budget was classically over padded, with almost 500 new projects inserted to it when it was sent back to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria: The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, revealed on Tuesday that the commission\u2019s 2019 budget was inflated with over 500 non-existing projects. Pondei disclosed this to journalists while making clarifications on alleged corruption by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC. 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