WE ARE HERE TO STOP CORRUPTION AND ENSURE THAT PROPER THINGS ARE DONE ~ OJOUGBOH ~

In his avowed determinations to bring sanity and stability to NDDC and as well erase CORRUPTION from the COMMISSION, the Acting Executive Director of Project Dr Cairo Ojougboh has ordered the contractor handling the supply of equipments for NDDC-SUB POWER STATION Components worth 35Million US Dollars abandoned at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Rivers State since 2017 to wake-up to its responsibility and deliver on his part of the agreement reached on the said Contract. 

The NDDC-IMC through its Acting Executive Director of Projects Dr. Cairo Ojougboh having  received  a report on the NDDC CARGO, he quickly visited the Nigerian Ports Authority alongside  his technical team in Rivers State to see the abandoned equipments met for NDDC Sub-station sited at Ekparagwa and Ikot Epkene in Akwa Ibom state.

Addressing Newsmen during the inspection, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh  thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for bringing the Interim Managment Committee to oversee the commission for the period of the FORENSIC AUDIT, pointing out that the new board would not  continue with the same pattern of maladministration by Previous Boards.

In his words, he said; "First, i thank Mr. President for bringing in the Interim Managment Committee. We are here for CHANGE and the CHANGE is POSITIVE. Hence, well deserved kudoz goes to Mr. President. It is indeed very unfortunate to state that since the importation of these equipments in 2017 for a project worth 35Milion US Dollars, little or no field inspections have been made either by any delegated  commission's official or  MD of the NDDC thereby making it an abandoned project. Notwithstanding, the IMC will resurrect and complete the project in line with its AUDIT fuctions."

Further stating,  "You can see that there have been a deviation from the master plan of the NDDC to the extent that every management that comes will want to start a new course and abandon the projects of the previous administrations; but this time around, we have come to make realiy the tenacity of  Government as a continuous process. As such, we are concentrating on the rejuvenating abandoned  legacy projects of the NDDC and past administrations; thereby making the the people of the Niger Delta Region evidently feel the existence of the NDDC at their door step." 

Speaking in same regard, head of Marketing Adaku Ugochukwu said,  the items were components of Power Station brought into the ports since 2017, adding that no NDDC officials has come to even seen the equipments. Further stating, he said: "We wouldn't know why the owners have not come to clear them because as a Terminal we are even bothered because of space. Every Terminal wants space to do their business but these equipments have been abandoned here. Meanwhile, we have been looking for how to make the people that brought them come to collect them since 2017". In short, No NDDC official has come for the equipments, and to our surprise this is the first time NDDC officials led by the Interim managment Committe are coming officially  to see the Commission's CARGO since 2017." 

Dr Ojougboh who lamented over the situation also discribes it as wickedness, wondered why NDDC items which  arrived at the Port since 2017 are still lying fallow  in the port. As stated,  "There is serious need to question why these items are still here. We are here to see things for ourselves and make sure we evacuate these items as soon as possible because these items we understand are met for our sub-station for Ekparagwa and Ikot Epkene. So we will see what we can do about these equipments. It is clear from the batch numbers labeled on these equipments that they all belong to the NDDC. 

However, Mr. President has brought us to bring SANITY to the NDDC. Hence, we are here to stop CORRUPTION, we must  ensure that  things are done properly." He noted!