Tag: Pondei
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Court deals Akpabio installed NDDC interim board harsh blow, bans it’s operation
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has restrained the interim management committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), constituted by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio from functioning. Specifically, the court by its interim order restrained Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, Dr Joi Nunieh and others from performing…
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Pondei lists NDDC contracts paid under ‘duress’ before NASS members harmonized commission’s 2019 budget
The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei has listed some of the contracts the Commission was allegedly coerced to pay by the National Assembly before its 2019 annual budget could be harmonized. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the commission had promised on Friday to release fresh lists of…
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NDDC’s Acting MD, Pondei resurfaces at ceremony to commission 13-floor building in Rivers
The Acting Manager, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Keme Pondei, has regretted the delay in the completion of the NDDC permanent headquarters saying the commission operated a rented apartment for over 20 years. Pondei, who spoke while inaugurating a committee for the completion and commissioning of its 13-floor new permanent headquarters at the Eastern…
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Breakdown of how NDDC MD, Pondei, others shared N5bn during Covid-19 lockdown
The Nigerian Senate has revealed how the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) management shared approximately N5 billion for “medicals”. This is contained in a report by the Ad-hoc committee which probed the multi-billion Naira scandal in NDDC. Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi (APC – Ekiti North) chaired the committee. Senators Abdulfatai Buhari (APC – Oyo North); Chukwuka…
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NDDC MD, Pondei discharged from hospital after collapsing during probe session
Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, has left the hospital. Prof Pondei, who slumped early Monday afternoon as the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC grilled him on alleged mismanagement of funds up to the tune of N81.5bn in NDDC, is said to have left the hospital where…
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Collapse: NDDC says its MD, Pondei attended reps hearing against doctor’s warning
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has explained that its acting Managing Director, Prof. Keme Pondei, collapsed at the National Assembly because he ignored his doctors’ advice on his state of health. A statement signed by the Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, said Pondei has been ill for the past two weeks but that his…