Acting Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee probing the Niger Delta Development Commission finances, Thomas Ereyitomi, has said that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Goodwill Akpabio, refused to sign the oath he swore to when he appeared before the committee.
Ereyitemi said that Akpabio refused to tackle or be forthcoming on some of the major allegations against the commission.
Among such, he said, was the Central Bank of Nigeria’s report that the commission spent N81bn in the past few months.
Ereyitemi said it was good that the committee’s chairman, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, step down at the Monday’s procedure.
He said the fact that he did so was what led to all the ‘drama’ that happened in the House.
Ereyitemi could be referring to the slumping of the Chairman of the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC, Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Podei.
