NDDC Probe: National Assembly Cannot Be Blackmailed Or Intimidated - Senate
The Senate has warned the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to stop what it described as blackmail of the National Assembly in an attempt to stop the probe of the commission following alleged mismanagement of over N40billion. The Senate spokesman, Ajibola Basiru in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, warned the Executive Director of Projects in the NDDC, Cairo Ojougboh to accept the fact that the National Assembly has the constitutional right to oversight all agencies of government. According to the statement: "The attention of the Senate has been drawn to a statement credited to Dr. Cairo Ojougboh the Executive Director of Projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) under the Interim Management Committee (IMC) that Senators and Members of House of Representative are behind the fraud in NDDC. Ordinarily, while we are still at a loss as to why Dr. Ojougboh has repeatedly made such allegations at a time when the NDDC is under scr