{"id":24125,"date":"2020-07-10T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24125"},"modified":"2020-07-10T14:54:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:54:17","slug":"n40bn-misappropriation-akpabio-denies-collecting-executing-n500m-nddc-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=24125","title":{"rendered":"N40BN MISAPPROPRIATION: Akpabio denies collecting, executing N500m NDDC projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Godswill-Akpabio.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Godswill Akpabio has denied ever collecting or executing projects worth N500m in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/Akpabio\/\">Akpabio<\/a>, who is the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, made the denial on Friday when he appeared before the Senate ad hoc committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee is probing the alleged misappropriation of N40 billion in the intervention agency by the Interim Management Committee between October last year and May this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, was quoted to have recently claimed during a news conference that Akpabio secured the projects but failed to execute them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Godswill Akpabio has denied ever collecting or executing projects worth N500m in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). 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