Nigeria: The Art of Fainting in Degrees

13 August 2020

On July 20, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), demonstrated with marginal success the art of fainting in degrees during a legislative probe into the mismanagement of funds at the agency.

Pondei took in the scene, the heat, occasioned by a malfunctioning air conditioning, and the mind-boggling missing figures he is being asked to account for, rolled his eyes and proceeded to faint in instalments.

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