{"id":86058,"date":"2021-09-18T15:29:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=86058"},"modified":"2021-09-18T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:29:26","slug":"publish-names-involved-in-nddc-contract-scam-arewa-leader-tells-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/publish-names-involved-in-nddc-contract-scam-arewa-leader-tells-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Publish names involved in NDDC contract scam, Arewa Leader tells FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1711247232484226941\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arewa leader in the South, Alhaji Musa Saidu has called on the Federal government to make public names of contractors found wanting in the recently concluded Forensic Audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Saidu who spoke to newsmen yesterday called for constitution of the board for the commission,\u00a0\u00a0 adding that\u00a0 publishing the names will serve as deterrent\u00a0 to others that may want to divert government\u2019s funds released for projects across the country.Continuing, he said the government should ensure those found wanting are also prosecuted for their actions against development in the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u201cThey\u00a0 should publish the names of all found wanting in the audit. They should also constitute the board.\u00a0 Now that the forensic audit has been concluded the next thing should be to constitute the board. \u201c, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people should also know those that abandoned projects in the region after they have been paid&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u201cWe know many people in government are involved . And also many claiming to be activists are involved. Traditional rulers may also be involved .If President Buhari is fighting corruption then he should take steps to make public the names of those found wanting in the contract scam\u201d,he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Arewa leader also enjoined northern leaders that visited governor Nyesom Wike,\u00a0 to help\u00a0 northerners in the state appeal to the governor to protect their businesses since they have what he rubbed , easy access to the governor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said he had tried to reach the governor with some other northern leaders in the state to discuss some of the challenges northerners were currently facing doing business in the state under his (governor Wike) administration but they had not been granted audience.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arewa leader in the South, Alhaji Musa Saidu has called on the Federal government to make public names of contractors found wanting in the recently concluded Forensic Audit of the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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