PROF PONDEI MAKES WEIGHTY ALLEGATIONS AGAINST NASS COMMITEES
Daniel Pondei, Acting MD of the NDDC says the Senate and House of Representative Ad-hoc Committees investigating the commission are weaponizing the forensic audit against the interim management due to the implication of some lawmakers in contract scandal. Pondei, who was reacting to a newspaper report credited to the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee that he and members of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) were collecting 30% of total contract amount from contractors before paying them, said “it is surprising and disappointing that the Senate Committee can be attributed with unproven allegations as their final report.” The NDDC boss however said that he is not distracted by spurious allegations perpetrated by those bent on scuttling the ongoing forensic audit of the Commission. He dismissed the allegations as unfounded and orchestrated plot by those mentioned in the contract sleaze to get back at him for daring to name and shame them for holding the Commission and the region hostage for yea...