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    New NDDC boss warns against paying commission on contracts to middlemen

    adminBy adminFebruary 11, 2023Updated:February 11, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The Chairman of the NDDC Contractors Association, Mr. Joe Adia, speaking during an interactive session with the contractors at the Commission's headquarters in Port Harcourt. From left are the NDDC Executive Director Finance & Administration, Maj-Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (Rtd); the NDDC Managing Directors, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku and the Executive Director, Projects, Mr. Charles Ogunmola.
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    ·Says Commission cannot pay all its debts, seeks PPP for more funding

    By Ignatius Chukwu

    The age-old tradition of remitting fat commissions to persons fronting to top manager in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been clamped down.

    This follows an order by the new managing director, Samuel Ogbuku, who says the order against all such payments is part of efforts to sanitise the Commission. The payment is not official and outlawing it may hardly have impact since it is between two willing partners.

    The new CEO has however declared it as illegal including all forms of financial inducements to middlemen who claim to be fronting for the Commission’s officials.

    Ogbuku, who made the declaration during an interactive session with contractors at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, described the contractors as partners in the development of the Niger Delta region, stressing that they should resist the temptation of falling victims to persons who claimed to be agents of the Executive Directors and Directors of the Commission that facilitate payments based on monetary inducements.

    The CEO stated that neither himself nor the two Executive Directors has authorised anybody to act on their behalf as they are determined to make any sacrifices to bring back sanity to the Commission and reposition it for efficient service delivery.

    The CEO, while identifying with the many challenges of contractors arising from delay in the payments for the jobs they have done, regretted that it was impossible for the current NDDC Board to offset all the debts it has inherited within a short period. 

    He said: “You are our partners in the development process. It is a sad situation that we are facing. As partners in the development of the Niger Delta region, we need your cooperation.”

    Ogbuku also apologised to the contractors for the shortcomings of the NDDC and called for a minute silence for contractors who lost their lives while waiting to be paid.

    He assured them that they would not be neglected going forward, pointing out that the Commission had initiated a Public, Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement to help it raise funds to execute NDDC projects.

    “We have to find a way to address the funding challenges that has led to the debts to the contractors” he said.

    The managing director assured that the meeting with the contractors would be periodic as one of the measures to address the debt burden on the NDDC.

    Speaking further, he explained that the Commission had set up a Committee to streamline the payment of outstanding debts.

    Earlier in his opening remarks, the NDDC Executive Director Projects, Charles Ogunmola, stated that the new leadership was ready to make a difference that would bring changes in the Niger Delta region.

    He said, “We are at a new dawn at the NDDC. We need to collaborate to do things the right way and we want to see you as partners in the development of the Niger Delta region.”

    The Chairman of the NDDC Contractors Association, Joe Adia, in his remarks, commended the NDDC for initiating the interactive forum, but noted that contractors were “eager to hear when the payment of the debts will commence”

    He said that the meeting was long overdue and that contractors were concerned about the delayed payments. 

    Adia called for synergy between the NDDC and its contractors, adding that the Contractor’s Association was in a position to assist the Commission to get its outstanding funds from the oil companies.

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