Nigeria: Senate, NDDC Spar Over N3.14 Billlion Palliatives to Staff, Police

Abuja, Port Harcourt, Benin, Yenagoa, Uyo, Umuahia, Akure, Calabar — The Senate and the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) engaged in a verbal war yesterday with the former accusing the latter of sharing N3.14 billion to staff and the police as COVID-19 relief package.

The upper chamber is probing allegations of misappropriation of N40 billion by the IMC of the commission.

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