Reps summon NDDC MD over abandoned contract

…To quiz FCDA Executive Secretary over alleged distortion of Abuja building code

The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over abandoned contract for the construction of Okpai shoreline protection and landing jetty in Delta state.

Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions, Hon Mike Etaba, issued the notice during an investigative hearing on the petition filed by Lynpat Solicitors against Orbit Marine and Energy Services Ltd for abandoning the project.

He said: “NDDC holds the key to this case and the MD must come in person to clear the air. If he fails as he had done before, we’ll take further actions against them.”

In the same vein, the Committee summoned the Executive Secretary of Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Richard Dauda, along with the Director, Development Control, Galadima Mukta,r over the alleged distortion of building code.

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The duo were invited to explain why the development of a certain property located in the Gusape Cadastral zone, said to be objectionable,e is allowed to go on despite glaring signs of distorting the building codes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

In a petition to the House calling for a swift action to halt the trend, Samuel Ajayi, a private citizen, claims that allowing the building go on will rubbish all the planning that went into the making of the FCT.

Speaking on the petition, Hon. Etaba directed that both the Executive Secretary of FCDA and Director of Development Control should urgently come and sort the matter out.

“At this point, it is a complaint until we establish the facts therein. Every Nigerian’s voice must be heard and all public officers must be made accountable. We shall ensure fair hearing for all the parties,” he noted.