The House of Representatives has abandoned the probe it initiated into capital projects by Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, and Rivers states.
This is as Ndokwa National Youth Movement, NNYM, yesterday, vowed to shut down activities of NDDC, should the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio fail to relinquish his “stronghold” on the commission and allow for the inauguration of a substantive board to run its affairs.
Also, an ex-militant Mr Austin Bright, has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a substantive board for the NDDC.
It would be recalled that the House of Representatives had on August 26, 2019, initiated a probe into the abandonment of capital projects by NDDC in the Niger Delta states but was abandoned midway.
The House Ad-hoc Committee on NDDC was headed by Nicholas Ossai(PDP-Delta).
According to documents, the committee summoned governors of Niger Delta states, ministries, and other agencies of government, to explain their roles in the abandonment of the projects.
The probe commenced within two weeks, through a Public Hearing at the National Assembly, but stalled along the way.
