Tag: Pondei

Reps Investigative Panel: Acting NDDC MD, Pondei, faints during interrogation

Ishaku Yohanna

The House of Reps committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was thrown into a state unpleasant shock after Prof Kenebradikumo Daniel Pondei, acting Managing Director of NDDC slumped at the investigative committee hearing over an alleged N82.5 billion irregular expenditure in the NDDC. Pondei had been grilled for over an hour when he slowly slumped over his desk, appearing to faint. Several people present at the hearing rushed to his aid, propping him up and attempting to stabilise him, with the proceedings halted. He then appeared to be in…

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N81bn NDDC probe: Reps summon Akpabio as ex-MD makes damning testimony

Ishaku Yohanna

The House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC has invited Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the acting Managing Director of the agency, Daniel Kemebradikumo Pondei, to appear before it on Monday, July 20, 2020. The committee led by Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo took the decision on Friday after hearing the testimony of Joy Nunieh, a former Managing Director of NDDC in their investigation into alleged financial recklessness in the commission. The House is probing the alleged mismanagement of N81 billion by the interim management committee (IMC) of…

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