It, however, denied awarding an unexecuted N500 million job to Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as alleged by Nwaoboshi. He claimed their findings revealed that Nwaoboshi used fronts to secure contracts valued at the above sum from the commission. His allegation: “Our records show that Senator Nwaoboshi used 11 front companies (owned or traceable to him) to secure a contract of N3.6 billion in September 2016, in what is perhaps the biggest single case of looting of the commission’s resources. “The said companies/business names are: Noan Integrated Services; De Towers Constructions & Allied Services Ltd; Franstine Nigeria Enterprises; Edrihide Company; Isumabe U.K. “The smear campaign and character assassination of people perceived to be stumbling block against the rot in NDDC over the years must stop in the national interest,” Nwaoboshi added.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2020 04:18 UTC