Multibillion Naira Contract Scam Rocks NDDC - SaharaReporters.com
Documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES show that the board and management of the commission violated a directive by former President Goodluck Jonathan on probity and accountable handling of funds. Jonathan had on December 16, 2013, while inaugurating the Bassey Ewa Henshaw-led board at the Aso Rock Villa, cautioned against the award of fresh contracts until all ongoing ones are completed. “A body like NDDC should not just go into a voyage of contracts procurement but ongoing projects must be completed for people to benefit before new ones are awarded,” Mr. Jonathan had said. “There are just too many ongoing projects and we believe that you don’t even have enough manpower to manage the ongoing projects. “The former board at a time had to be dissolved because instead of the board to work with the management to make sure that people from the area benefit from the NDDC, they were busy quarrelling over money. To circumvent the Public Procurement Act 2007, the commission was said to have split the job into 30 lots and awarded to political gladiators and cronies of board members and top management staff. Source: saharareporters.com
