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NDDC: Imo Lawmakers Kick Against Semenitari's Appointment by kingsman66(m): 11:59am On Apr 09, 2016 |
Imo legislators yesterday kicked against the
appointment of Mrs. Ibim Seminitari as the
Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta
Development Commission(NDDC), saying Rivers
State had previously produced a chairman of
the board while Imo state has never produced
its executive director nor the managing director.
The Imo House of Assembly resolved to draw
the attention of members of the National
Assembly from the state to prevail on President
Muhammadu Buhari to observe federal
character and the Act that established NDDC in
the appointment of a managing director of the
commission.
The state legislators took the position at plenary
presided by the Speaker Acho Ihim.
In a motion of urgent attention brought by
member representing Oguta State constituency
and Chairman of the House committee on Imo
State Oil Producing Areas Development
Commission(ISOPADEC), Ezediaro Henry
Uzoma, which was supported by the entire
members, the legislators pointed out that the
appointment of Mrs. Seminitari, from Rivers
State, as acting managing director of NDDC
negates the equity in appointments and section
four of the Act that established the commission,
stressing that it is now the turn of Imo state to
produce either the managing director or
chairman, being the only member state yet to
produce a chairman or managing director of
NDDC.
Similarly, Majority Leader, Lugard Osuji,
representing Owerri Municipal said NDDC, since
its establishment, had continued to marginalise
Imo in terms of developmental projects and
executive appointments.
Meanwhile, the NDDC yesterday, came under
fire for allegedly manipulating tax payments
made to it by oil companies operating in oil
producing areas of the country.
The companies fingered in the shady deals were
handed end of April, 2016 deadline for payment
of their three per cent tax to commission.
Acting NDDC MD, Ibim Seminatari, yesterday,
at an interactive session organised by the
Senate Committee on Niger Delta and the House
of Representatives Committee on NDDC
confirmed the company's payment in naira.
They said indigenous company had said it made
its payments in dollars since inception in 2008
before the tenure of Semenitari.
Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, who
was at the meeting,expressed disappointment,
saying. "It does not make any financial or
accounting sense that you cannot give us the
actual dollar figure. I said this because you
have presented to the committee documents
showing dollar payments from other
companies, so, why would that of Platform Oil
be recorded in naira?
"This means that somebody in your tax unit is
playing pranks. Also, it is not enough that you
converted the dollar to naira; you have to
prove at what rate the money was converted."
On his part, Senate Committee Chairman on
Niger Delta Affairs, Peter Nwaboshi, said being
new, the Acting MD should not defend what
could not be defended.
"Don't try to protect what you cannot because
we know you came in in December and you
may not know most of these things. We want to
know at what exchange rate the money was
converted because the figure you quoted for the
company that paid $6 million was ridiculous,"
he said.
The committees warned all the defaulting oil
companies to reconcile with the NDDC by the
end of April or be ready to be sanctioned.
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Re: NDDC: Imo Lawmakers Kick Against Semenitari's Appointment by Flexherbal(m): 12:06pm On Apr 09, 2016 |
This is what our law makers know how to do. When it comes to things that will benefit the people, they don't fight like this. They only fight for juicy appointments like this to enrich their pockets. |
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