Bayelsa lawmaker urges FG to implement forensic audit report on NDDC

(Nigeria) The member representing Ekeremor Constituency 11 in Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Wilson Dauyegha, has urged the Federal Government to implement the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, forensic report to attract more development to the Niger Delta region.

Wilson, who was reacting to the NDDC audit report submitted to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, observed that several issues raised in the report were fundamental and mitigated development in the region lamenting the inability for contractors to complete projects meant to change the living standards of the people of the region.

The lawmaker said although the exercise had a chequered history, it  was not done to witch-hunt anyone but to ensure that the huge sums of funds committed to the development of the region yearly are justified.

Recalling that one of the sole mandate of establishing the NDDC was the development of the Niger Delta, the Chairman, Bayelsa House of Assembly Committee of NDDC expressed regret that the region still wallowed in underdevelopment with the people suffering.

"As a lawmaker who daily interacts with his constituents, it is appalling to see the poor level of development in our Communities. Infrastructures and human capacity development in our communities calls for urgent action by all stakeholders.

"Genuinely speaking, I crave for massive development like what we have in Lagos therefore, I appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently implement the report and urge the contractors to go back to site and complete all the developmental projects in the Niger Delta. Whoever fails to deliver his projects  should be dealt with according to the law," Wilson said.

Wilson appealed to all persons and groups who felt aggrieved as a result of his earlier Facebook post which states 'Substantive Board of the NDDC should be suspended until decisions on forensic audit is taken by Mr. President'.

"I love our people with great passion and therefore desire massive infrastructural development of the region. I have no interest in the NDDC or any affiliations with anyone whatsoever as some may think. I speak as a stakeholder and also as a concerned indigene. This is one of the reasons I delve into politics.

"As Chairman House Committee on NDDC, Bayelsa State House of Assembly. I have the right to speak about the NDDC and to proffer solution when necessary for the development of our region" the lawmaker said.