Senate Gives More Time To Committee Investigating NDDC

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The Senate has granted more time to an ad-hoc committee it constituted to investigate alleged unauthorized spending by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The committee, chaired by Yusuf Yusuf was constituted last week to investigate transactions allegedly carried out by the NDDC under its 2021 and 2022 budgets without the approval of the Senate and was mandated to report back to it within one week.

But, at the resumption of the plenary on Tuesday, the chairman of the committee said none of those in connection with the allegations had been interviewed.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, consequently extended the time frame by one week and urged the committee members to ensure they carry out proper investigation on the allegations.