Akpabio says NDDC is an ATM where people withdraw money to contest elections- Niger Delta Affairs minister, Akpabio, has faulted the National Assembly probe of the NDDC - The minister said the probe should have covered he over 19 years existence of the commission rather than focusing only on five months - Akpabio described the NDDC as an ATM where people make withdrawals to contest elections PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! The minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has faulted the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission by the National Assembly. Akpabio said the National Assembly ought to have expanded the scope of the probe to cover the over 19 years existence of the commission rather than focusing only on five months, The Guardian reports. Legit.ng gathers that the minister said this when members of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria visited him in Abuja. Recommended for you Baby with "big nose" becomes beautiful girl after 1 year, her transformatio... Affirming that the commission is deeply enmeshed in corrupt practices, he described the NCDC as an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) where people make withdrawals to contest elections. “As a governor I knew that there was something wrong with the NDDC, but I didn’t really know what it was till I was appointed minister. That was when I discovered that the NDDC was like a cesspool for corruption, it is like an ATM for people to come and collect money to contest the next election,” Akpabio was quoted to have said. According to Akpabio, the NDDC has received over N5 trillion in the last 19 years, with no physical project on ground to justify the huge funds. He, however, gave the assurance that the outcome of the ongoing forensic audit would expose the magnitude of rot in the commission. Recall that Akpabio had earlier said that most contracts from the NDDC were awarded to National Assembly members. Recommended for you Tinubu's aide asks Buhari to suspend Emefiele as CBN governor, gives fresh... The minister made the comment as he was being grilled by members of the House of Representatives committee on NDDC in a public hearing. Legit.ng gathered that the minister had been invited by the lawmakers on Friday, July 17, to defend his actions as the minister of Niger Delta Affairs and shed more light on financial misappropriation within the NDDC. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app Also, following a challenge by the House of Reps, the minister has revealed the names of some senators who allegedly got contracts from the NDDC. Akpabio revealed the names in a document attached to his response to the threat by the House of Representatives to sue him over the allegations that federal lawmakers were the major contractors of NDDC. In another report, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to expose more corrupt practices at the NDDC. Recommended for you "Simi don trabaye": Video of Adekunle Gold, wife & Deja jubilating over his... It was reported that the students' apex body in Nigeria also called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to stand his ground and ensure the forensic audit of the commission was not sabotaged by powerful elements in the country. In a statement sent to journalists on Saturday, July 18, Comrade Danielson Bamidele Akpan, president of NANS, confirmed the resolve of Nigerian students to embark on mass action, should anyone or group of persons attempt to disrupt the forensic audit. Nigerians in Benin City reveal how to end corruption | Legit TV Source: Legit.ng - Niger Delta Affairs minister, Akpabio, has faulted the National Assembly probe of the NDDC - The minister said the probe should have covered he over 19 years existence of the commission rather than focusing only on five months - Akpabio described the NDDC as an ATM where people make withdrawals to contest elections PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Legit.ng Legit.ng PAY ATTENTION: