{"id":77437,"date":"2020-12-22T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77437"},"modified":"2020-12-22T13:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T12:54:00","slug":"timi-frank-urges-lawan-gbajabiamila-to-withhold-nddcs-2020-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/uncategorized\/timi-frank-urges-lawan-gbajabiamila-to-withhold-nddcs-2020-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Timi Frank urges Lawan, Gbajabiamila to withhold NDDC\u2019s 2020 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1686781600134074498\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p>Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to withhold the 2020 budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) it passed on Monday to a Sole Administrator recently appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Frank in separate letters to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, said releasing the 2020 budget of the agency to an entity unknown to the NDDC\u2019s law would amount to supporting illegality.<\/p>\n<p>Writing through his lawyer, Edward Omaga, Esq., who is a Principal Partner at Graylaw Solicitors, Frank argued that on no account should the 9th National Assembly under the watch of Lawan and Gbajabiamila \u201cbe used to sanction the illegality committed by the President of Nigeria, which is clearly not in the interest of the Niger Delta people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter titled: \u201cProtest against the spending of N453.2billlion being approved 2020 budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by Effiong Okon Akwa, as Sole Administrator\u201d reads in part:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe submit on behalf of our client that the decision by Mr. President to appoint Effiong Okon Akwa as Sole Administrator to \u2018oversee the ongoing forensic audit of the Commission to its completion\u2019 is alien, illegal, void and seriously offends the fine provisions of Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the NDDC (Establishment) Act, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no gainsaying the fact that NDDC is a creation of law and cannot be operated based on the whims and caprices of President Muhammadu Buhari or any other person for that matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat previous administrations allowed certain persons to act as Sole Administrators at different times while awaiting the confirmation of a Board does not make the process legal in any manner whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat had happened in the past is simply a bad precedence set out of ignorance or negligence of the law and must not be allowed to continue. After all, illegality twenty years ago remains illegality today and forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank said that failure to heed his warning by the leadership of the National Assembly would leave him with no other option than to contest their action in a court of competent jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur client strongly believes that the illegal appointment of Effiong Okon Akwa as Sole Administrator of NDDC must fail when tested before a court of competent jurisdiction in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe therefore demand that your good offices should not\u00a0 for any reason authorize the spending of the approved N453.2 billion<br \/>\nbeing 2020 Budget for NDDC or any part thereof by Effiong Okon Akwa for purposes of running the affairs of the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake notice that our client shall be seeking redress in court against your office in the unlikely event that his demand herein is not adhered to or treated with levity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst exercising the option of litigation, our client will neither have recourse to your office nor take into consideration the damage that may be caused by his action. 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