Why NDDC budget should be rejected – Rochas Okorocha
29 October 2019 |
3:31 pm
The Senate’s Public Accounts Committee has vowed to investigate alleged over-spending by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Senate said it is interested in some areas of expenditure of the NDDC. The Senate's planned investigation is coming a few days after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the NDDC.
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