yanabasee: Tinubu is the rightful candidate for the next election.....
He's a Muslim and doesn't even carry the religion like a plaque, treats everyone equal.... Old or not.... He's the right man to change the Northern grip that's making the south to be slave to the North...
Amaechi should go and settle his fight with Wike.....
We don’t want Muslim Muslim ticket. It can’t sale so rest
An insult to civil engineering, it seems you guys are shallow Minded, civil engineering is into big things mehnn. Architecture is one of the branch or concentration in civil engineering in the western world ok. In civil we have the structural engineering, material and mechanics, coastal engineering, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering and water and environmental engineering as concentrations and area of specialization. So, Nigerians typing rubbish here are myopic in nature for thinking that civil engineering is all about building and road construction. I’m a civil engineer in my PhD and my concentration is on material science engineering which focuses on smart infrastructure and robotics. Currently on internship with NASA���
Amotolongbo: The attack comes just days after Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello confirmed the activity of Boko Haram militants in the state. I wonder why they can’t channel same energy in Niger state and other dilapidated states in the north
LegendVibes: Minister of State, Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo on Monday spoke on the viral picture of him holding a cutlass during the launch of the Special Public Works Programme in his local government, Uvwie LGA, in Delta State, Igbere TV reports.
The Special Public Works Programme which will employ 774,000 youths across the country for three months will include tree planting, clearing of irrigation canals among others.
Following a report by ThisDay highlighting social media reactions to the viral picture, Mr Keyamo said the picture was misunderstood.
Cyberterror: Good as long as it is not electronic voting or electronic transmission of results because PDP has many hackers on their payroll waiting for the order to manipulate online election results. Thank God, Interpol has arrested two of them in Dubai and extradited them to America to face justice.
Someone like you hasn’t make a million naira throughout your adult life
Abfinest007: amechi is a confuse man here is d reason
According to him, $96 million has been paid out of the $500 million that was borrowed for the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor.
“I told them at the National Assembly that the probe may stop them from giving us the loan so here is my question . how will u be denied of a loan that has already been given to u
They proposed for fresh 3.2 billion dollars loan which Chinese terms and conditions are to cede sovereignty should they not pay the loan as stipulated
zombieTRACKER: How can you compare food with these con men businesses... The real church is not making noise.. Just business centers have been disturbing our peace...
RichDad1: Foolish man from a foolish party. Throughout his party’s 16 years misrule with huge crude oil earnings and foreign loans, what infrastructural developments can they boast of that can rival what Amechi has achieved in under 5 years with lesser revenues?
Modify: I can see a lot of you perpetual wailers are pained with my comment. Una never see chumchin. This administration will continue to build massive infrastructures and name it after your useless party leaders to shame them. Bunch of never do goods that are hell bent on dragging the country backwards with their unusual “share the money” governance style. Imagine how many trains the $2.1b Dansuki loot would have gotten us? Indi ara By now y’all should know there’s a new sheriff in town. Get used to it!
Sharapppppppp nepotism will not kill your generation. What the man is saying is true. Go through the agreement and stop behaving like illiterate.
ekochris: Though I dont really know much about you, but the few encounters I've had with you inspired me in this career. Rest in Peace Sir. We will not forget about you in a hurry.
The Senate ad-hoc committee investigating the N40 billion corruption allegation against the interim management committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was stunned on Thursday when an official accused unnamed members of the parliament of ‘hijacking’ the commission’s budgets over the years
In his submission, at the hearing, the acting deputy director, projects, NDDC, Cairo Ojougboh, said the budgets of the commission ”have always been hijacked by the leadership of the committee on NDCC from both chambers for their personal gain”.
He asked the National Assembly ”to let the commission function in peace.”
“The budget(s) of the NNDC from 2001 till date, has (have) always been hijacked by the two chairmen of the committee; the chairman in the house and the chairman in the Senate,” the angry official said. ”Not one kobo has been misused since the coming of the IMC.
“We want to beg the National Assembly that they should allow the people of the Niger Delta to grow. Since the inauguration of the IMC, we have not known peace. It has been one false allegation after another.
“Some contracts supplied to ‘an NDDC warehouse’ along Benin-expressway. The warehouse belongs to Peter Nwabaoshi (a senator). About 2900 emergency projects were awarded and Mr Nwabaoshi collected 1000 of them saying he will distribute them among senators and House of Representatives members. But when asked, lawmakers denied receipt. We are being accused because we are working for the region and because they want to take over the commission.
“NGOs were paid N50 billion but they (chairmen, committees of both chambers) cut it to N49 billion each. They want us out to put people they can control.”
Tense session
The Senate and House of Representatives are probing an allegation the NDDC interim committee ‘squandered’ N40 billion within three months. They also seek account for other financial transactions within this period.
At the investigative hearing on Thursday, the lawmakers grilled members of the board who appeared before the committee over alleged discrepancies in the budget submitted by the commission, the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The chairman of the committee, Olubunmi Adetunmbi, pointed out that while the commission said it spent N81.5 billion, the AGF submitted N82 billion and CBN submitted N92.2 billion between October 2019 and May 2020.
The committee sought explanations as to how other allocations in the budget were implemented. They include:
Condolences – N122 million, Consultancy – N83.3 million, N3.14 billion – COVID-19, N486 million – Duty Tour Allowance (out of which the current EIMC spent N305.3 million between February and May 2020).
Others are N1.9 billion – Lassa fever intervention spent by both IMCs, N900 million – Legal Services, N61 million – Logistics, N2.6 billion – medicals.
Defence
Although there was no tangible explanation for the differences in the budgets submitted by the commission, the AGF and CBN, the Acting Managing Director, Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, however, said the EIMC ”inherited so much debt that needed to be cleared upon assumption of office.”
He also said allowances like duty tours were not paid to staff for years hence the need for such allocations.
He further said the NDDC has not awarded any contract apart from the COVID-19 contract awarded by the president.
“We refused to do so, so as not to add to the confusion. The major interventions for COVID-19 were medical, palliatives, publicity,” he said.
Mr Ojougboh also denied allegations that the commission sacked some of its staff.
“Anyone who has said they have been sacked or suspended let him bring the letter. We have not sacked or suspended anyone. No one is being witch-hunted. Staff on leave are receiving full salaries,” he said.
Earlier, a representative from the Office of the Accountant General, Slyvia Okolie, said the OAGF submitted the NDDC’s audit report from 2016 to May, 2020 to the committee.
He said in 2017 – N64 billion, 2018 – N71 billion, 2019 – N71 billion, January – May 2020 – N34 billion has been released to NDDC.
Quarterly releases were suspended since June pending the outcome of the investigation, he said.
The investigative hearing will continue on Friday, the chairman said. All invitees are expected to be present – including the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, who failed to show up.
This is not the first time the lawmakers would be having a faceoff with another government official over the activities of an agency or ministry.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how the minister of labour, (state), Festus Keyamo, accused lawmakers of trying to manipulate a recruitment process to their advantage.
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