Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has named some federal lawmakers who allegedly got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
In a document sighted by PREMIUM TIMES, the named lawmakers include the Chairman of the Senate committee on Niger Delta, Peter Nwabaoshi, whose name was listed against 53 projects.
Some of the projects mentioned include emergency repairs of Asue Street, Owa Phase 2; ldumuogbe Road via Ojemaye; Otolokpo College Road, Otolokpo; and the Police lshu Ani Ukwu Road, Issele Uku, in Delta State.
Others are Senator Matthew Urhoghide who got six projects, Senator James Manager who got six contracts and a former senator, Samuel Anyanwu, who got 19 projects.
The former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC, Nicholas Mutu, was also named by the minister as receiving 74 contracts – the highest among the listed lawmakers.
Some of the projects include emergency roads in Delta, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers states.
A few others were simply identified as Ondo and Edo Reps.
A spokesperson for Mr Akpabio, Aniete Ekong, confirmed that the document containing the names was part of those sent by Mr Akpabio to lawmakers investigating the NDDC.
The document also contained a list of projects assigned to non-members of the National Assembly.
Although the costs of the projects were not stated, the document shows that most of the projects were awarded in 2018, a year before the ninth assembly was inaugurated. It is also not clear whether or not they are constituency projects.
This revelation is coming days after the minister alleged that majority of the contracts in NDDC are given out to members of the National Assembly. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, then gave Akpabio 48 hours to provide the list or he would sue the minister for alleged defamation of character.
The minister however retracted his claim saying his reference was not to current lawmakers of the ninth assembly.
This is also coming days after the Senate resolved to investigate allegations of corruption levelled by the Niger Delta Development Commission against some lawmakers.
The Senate gave its committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions four weeks to probe the allegations made by the management of the NDDC and Mr Akpabio.
Both the House and the Senate have been investigating alleged misappropriation of funds and financial recklessness in the commission.
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