A political activist and former Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Board and present administration of the Niger Delta Improvement Fee (NDDC) attributable to varied accusations and counter-accusations of corruption throughout the Fee.
Frank stated these counter allegations and infighting between the administration group and the Chairman of the Board of NDDC has as soon as once more opened up the ugly chapter of the previous, the place the infighting finally ends up derailing the general performances of the Fee thereby short-changing the individuals of the Niger Delta, but enriching some with private positive factors.
In an announcement launched to newsmen Monday in Abuja, the Bayelsa-born political activist additionally referred to as on the anti-corruption companies to shortly intervene and launch a probe into a few of the revelations of corruption allegations made by the Board in opposition to the Fee’s Managing Director.
In response to Frank, the lack to correctly defend the 2021, 2022 & 2023 budgets in unison on the Senate is a transparent testomony to the truth that the board lacks the essential conditions to supervise the affairs of the NDDC.
He stated the individuals of Nigeria Delta had hoped that the brand new board would develop to grow to be the hope and recent air to the area, “however alas, we’re confronted with the identical dilemma of corruption allegations and counter-accusations by these accountable for managing the assets of the individuals.
“It’s clear from the foregoing that the lack to work in unison for the general good of the individuals will render the actions of the Fee in jeopardy.”
The assertion added that the individuals of the Niger Delta are uninterested in being the scapegoats each time this infighting arises due to greed and selfishness.
“Following current revelations of corruption within the NDDC and counter-accusations of mismanagement between the not too long ago inaugurated board and administration of the fee on the Senate, it will likely be protected to conclude that the first goal of piloting the affairs of the fee has suffered one more setback within the twilight of this new administration board.
“Moreover, the truth that this expose is coming at a time when all palms are imagined to be on deck in midwiving the rebirth of a brand new NDDC could be very worrisome and embarrassing.
“As a substitute of harmonising the blueprint for constructing a sustainable fee saddled with the duty of delivering top notch interventions to the individuals of the Niger Delta, the NDDC is relatively confronted but once more with weighty allegations of corruption by members of its personal board whose tenure solely started lower than 5 months in the past.
“The startling revelations by the Chairwoman and counter-accusations by the Managing Director and his group has as soon as once more left a bitter style within the minds of all real stakeholders within the Niger Delta challenge.
“Most stunning is the allegation of inflating the MD’s imprest and the operation of a number of accounts as confirmed by the Government Director Finance & Admin relatively than sustaining a single account as stipulated by the Federal Authorities below the Treasury Single Account (TSA).
“Going by these embarrassing situations of mistrust and the lack to correctly harmonize working relationships between the board and its members, it will likely be protected to suggest a complete dissolution of the board to present approach for a extra proactive and other people’s oriented board to midwife the NDDC right into a world-class intervention company.
“It’s noteworthy that even after a forensic audit was carried out by the FG, paving the way in which for the graceful operations of the Incoming board, we’re nonetheless confronted with the identical quagmire bedevilling the fee.”
Frank, who’s the United Liberation Motion for West Papua (ULMWP), Ambassador to East Africa and the Center East, referred to as on the Nationwide Meeting, EFCC and different anti-corruption companies to completely examine the accusations.
“I’m, subsequently, calling on the Nationwide Meeting and the EFCC to urgently examine these accusations of corruption within the NDDC by the board and provide you with its findings for a correct advice to the Federal Authorities.
“We have now had sufficient of those embarrassing conditions within the NDDC and the Niger Delta at giant and each stakeholder has a duty in talking out right now while guaranteeing that the right picture of the Fee is maintained in delivering the dividends of the area to the individuals.”
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