The Senate has called for the sack of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei.
The call was hinged on the financial recklessness of the commission, as it also recommended that the agency should be returned to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) for proper supervision.
This was part of the recommendations in the report of the Ad hoc Committee investigating the alleged financial recklessness in the NDDC.
The senate which adopted the recommendations of its Ad hoc Committee also ordered the current IMC to refund the N4.923billion it paid to staff and contractors in breach of the procurement process and approvals.
Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee, Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi (Ekiti North) who presented the report said;
“In conclusion, the Committee noted that it is difficult to find a correlation between Niger Delta Community Development and cash invested in the zone.
“Continued cash injection in the Niger Delta challenge issue has not worked under the various IMCs.
“It may be useful at this juncture for the government to intervene by stepping down the EIMC (Executive Interim Management Committee), thereby helping them leave the stage for a properly constituted board with specific mandate to address the pains of the Niger Delta people.”
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