Alleged N6.25bn fraud: Senate issues warrant of arrest on NDDC boss Alleged N6.25bn fraud: Senate issues warrant of arrest on NDDC boss
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For ignoring its summon four consecutive times, the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Monday, issued a warrant of arrest on the Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Okon Akwa, for refusing to appear before it.
The boss of the Federal Government intervention agency for the Niger Delta region was asked by the Senate to appear before it to give an explanation on the N6.2billion spent by the Commission on COVID-19 palliatives.
Irked by the absence of the NDDC boss at its sitting on Monday, the Committee, chaired by Senator Ayo Akinyelure (PDP Ondo Central), resolved that the Inspector – General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, will be officially contacted by the Senate to bring the NNDC boss before the committee unfailingly on the 9th of next month.
Senator Akinyelure said: “Having invited head of the NDDC four times without honouring the invitations, this committee has no option than invoking relevant section of the Constitution for warrant of arrest on whoever is the boss of the agency now.
“The petition against the agency by an insider on alleged squandering of N6.2billion on COVID-19 palliatives last year is grave and weighty to be ignored.
A group of young professionals of Niger Delta extraction has vowed to champion a new narrative towards stimulating the growth of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the region.
The group said it has concluded plans to host what it described as the biggest MSME summit in the region, stressing that the event, which was earlier planned for March 2020 was moved to Friday, February 12, 2021 due to the ravaging coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Chairman of Nigerian Young Professionals Forum, NYPF, and former governorship candidate in Bayelsa State
, Moses Siloko Siasia, said a team of young people with futuristic thinking has been put together for the summit. He said the theme of the event is: