NNDC spokesperson blasts Prof. Itse Sagay over corruption allegations

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) faulted Prof. Itse Sagay’s allegation that the commission is wasting money on purchase of vehicles.

Sagay claimed that NDDC bought over seventy cars  which included eight super Lexus that cost N70 million each and ten Toyota Landcruiser  at N65 million each.

Spokesman of the agency Chijioke Amu-Nnadi declared that no such purchase had been made since November 4 when the governing board came on board.

Amu-Nnadi said the Chairman, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba and the Managing Director, Nsima Ekere and the two Executive Directors were still using their private vehicles.

“The NDDC is only now in the process of acquiring work vehicles and it is adhering strictly to due process. The vehicles are five Toyota Prado jeeps, ten Toyota Hilux trucks, four Toyota Landcruiser jeeps, one Toyota Coaster bus and two Toyota Hiace buses.

“The commission (NDDC) has just received the Due Process Compliance Certificate from the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and it is preparing the mandatory memo for the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).”