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N/Delta: Contractors Indict NDDC Over Projects

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There are reports that Contractors handling projects in Niger Delta on Monday accused the Niger Delta Development Commission of engaging in sharp practices.

According to Dailytrust, the contractors spoke separately at a public hearing organized by an adhoc committee set up by the House of Representatives to investigate cases of abandoned projects awarded by the NDDC over the years.

 

They were invited to testify and make submissions on contract details by the Ossai Nicholas Ossai-led Adhoc Committee on failed contracts and abandoned projects awarded by the commission since the year 2000

 

The contractors alleged connivance by banks and some elements in the NDDC to bargain for “cuts” from contractors. One of them, Fubara Blessing, asked the committee to investigate the NDDC activities to ascertain the level of sleaze and compromises stalling contracts’ execution in the Niger Delta. He accused the NDDC of awarding dubious, emergency and unaudited contracts to extort money from contractors.

 

Making his submission, Ossai said contractors who came to the hearing without documents to substantiate their claims should prepare to appear at the next hearing tomorrow when the NDDC management would appear to make their submissions.

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