NDDC: Pondei lists contracts allegedly paid under ‘duress’ to get budget approval

The acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, at the weekend listed some of the contracts the Commission was allegedly coerced into paying for by the National Assembly before its 2019 annual budget could be harmonised. He alleged further that some lawmakers, especially members of adhoc committees, held the…