THE NDDC FORENSIC AUDIT IS STRATEGICALLY AIMED AT RESTORING THE COMMISSION'S LOST MANDATE ~ DR OJOUGBOH

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he Executive Director of Project Niger Delta Development Commission and a former Governorship Aspirant of the All Progressive Congress DR CAIRO OJOUGBOH has said the directives of President Mohammadu Buhari led Federal Government to carry out FORENSIC AUDIT in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was not a plot to witch-hunt anybody but to reposition the commission strategically and restore sanity measure to it responsibilities.

In a Vote of Confidence pass on the Interim Management C'ttee by President Mohammadu Buhari in a speech during the Democracy Day, Mr President express satisfaction over the HEAD OFFICE BUILDING of the NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION which he said will be commissioned shortly. Going further, he said the funding of sections I–IV of the EAST-WEST ROAD shall be PURSUED with a view to COMPLETING the PROJECT by the end of 2021".

"In his speech hear him he said:, I am DETERMINED to ensure that DEVELOPMENT meant for the people of the NIGER DELTA get to them so I have AUTHORISED a FORENSIC AUDIT of the Niger Delta Development Commission" #President_Mohammadu_Buhari The above assertion were the words of Mr President during his broadcast on Democracy Day

Earlier, President Buhari had on October 2019 ordered the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio to carry out a FORENSIC AUDIT in the commission between 2001 and 2019 alleging that the number of projects executed by the commission were far below it’s homongous budgetary allocations.

Dr CAIRO OJOUGBOH while responding to some burden issue recently disputed the position of some Political Analysts and other Media Commentators had alledged that such directive was a deliberate attempt to hunt some past managerial capacities in the commission.

DR OJOUGBOH reiterated the high commitment of the INTERIM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE said the FORENSIC AUDIT was to ascertain the huge value of money released into the COMMISSION in recent years.

Speaking futher Dr Ojougboh said It is not correct to say that Mr President, the Honourable Minister for Niger Delta Affairs and Members of the INTERIM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE are after some selected person's whom may have served in different capacity.

“However, the FORENSIC AUDIT was meant to find value of money for projects and not targeted at individuals. To find out if there were projects awarded but not commenced or completed and how much is remaining to complete it. It was intended to mount pressure on the contractors to complete their projects maintaining the specified standard.

Dr. Ojougboh urged Niger Delta Poeple and members of the opposition not to politicize every issue but to look beyond party lines and bring down the Dividends of Democracy for our great region he noted.