{"id":71289,"date":"2020-01-13T13:25:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=71289"},"modified":"2020-01-13T13:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T12:25:17","slug":"nddc-kicks-off-audit-inaugurates-contracts-verification-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nddc-kicks-off-audit-inaugurates-contracts-verification-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"NDDC Kicks off Audit, Inaugurates Contracts’ Verification Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has inaugurated a
\n50-member Contracts’ Verification Committee to confirm and document
\nprojects and contracts in the nine Niger Delta states, as part of the
\nprocess to redirect the Commission’s activities.<\/p>\n

Inaugurating the committee at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt,
\nthe Acting Managing Director, Gbene Dr. Joi Nunieh, said the exercise
\nwas a prelude to the forensic audit of the Commission ordered by
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n

Nunieh stated that the verification was necessary because there were so
\nmany fake Interim Payment Certificates, IPCs, being claimed by NDDC
\ncontractors. “Members of the committee will go round all the NDDC
\nmandate states to verify these projects and contracts,” she said.<\/p>\n

The NDDC Chief Executive Officer noted that the committee’s assignment,
\nwhich would last for two weeks, was the first stage in the redirection
\nexercise at the interventionist agency.<\/p>\n

She said: “After the initial documentation and verification, we will go
\nout to all the states to identify and inspect the projects. We will work
\nwith professional groups, such as architects, engineers and quantity
\nsurveyors to ensure that the projects were done to acceptable standards
\nfor the benefit our communities.<\/p>\n

“We have selected credible people from the Commission to carry out this
\nimportant assignment and we expect them to be steadfast and resist all
\nmanners of external influences from those who may be claiming to have
\nconnections in high places.”<\/p>\n

Nunieh said that the NDDC had records of all the contracts that had been
\nawarded by the Commission and as such, anyone coming with a fake IPC
\nwould be arrested by the security agencies.<\/p>\n

She advised Nigerians not to buy IPCs and contracts purported to emanate
\nfrom NDDC, noting: “We are aware that some people are still signing and
\nawarding contracts from hotel rooms. Unfortunately for them, we have a
\ncomprehensive list of all our contracts. If you come with fake IPC, you
\nwill be promptly arrested.”<\/p>\n

The NDDC boss observed that some Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs,
\nwhich were not supposed to be profit making, became contractors,
\ncontrary to the law regulating their activities. She said: “We will
\ninvite the NGOs to come for verification so that they can explain why
\nthey were involve in profit making contracts. When you claim that NDDC
\nowes you, you will also know that he who goes to equity must come with
\nclean hands.<\/p>\n

Nunieh thanked the governors of the NDDC mandate states that had set up
\ncommittees to investigate the jobs done by the Commission’s contractors
\nin the various states, following the list of contracts given to them.
\nShe urged them to help to fish out dubious contractors claiming to have
\nexecuted jobs that exist only on paper.<\/p>\n

She assured all contractors that did their jobs according to
\nspecifications that they would be paid after the verification exercise,
\nadding: “We have started paying consultants and suppliers that have
\nindeed done their jobs well. They will be paid without having to bribe
\nanyone. You don’t need to pay gratification to get your bills paid in
\nthe new NDDC.”<\/p>\n

The Chairman of the Verification Committee and the Executive Director
\nProjects, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, thanked the NDDC boss for giving them the
\nopportunity to serve. He assured that they would approach the assignment
\nwith diligence and thoroughness.<\/p>\n

He remarked: “You have made it clear that the revalidation exercise is
\nfree. No contractor shall be asked to pay money and nobody should make
\nany demands from the contractors.”<\/p>\n

He assured members of the committee that the NDDC would do all that was
\nnecessary to guarantee their security and give them adequate protection
\nto do their job without let or hindrance.<\/p>\n

Ojougboh stated: “The Commission will do its best to ensure that you are
\nnot intimidated or harassed. So, you should not succumb to any
\npressure.”<\/p>\n

The committee has the NDDC Director of Project Monitoring and
\nSupervision, Engr. Dr Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, as Deputy Chairman and
\nthe Director, Community and Rural Development, Mrs. Iyingi Numbere, as
\nSecretary.<\/p>\n

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