NDDC: 13,000 projects abandoned in Niger Delta

By Timi Black, WARRI

The Forensic Audit Report on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has revealed that about 13,000 projects were abandoned in the region by contractors handling them.

Congress recalled the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio on Thursday submitted the forensic audit reports to President Buhari through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, in Abuja.

“The report of the audit committee showed that there are over 13,000 abandoned projects in the Niger Delta and even before the submission of the report some contractors have returned to site on their own and completed about 77 road projects.