COVID-19: Niger Delta to Get N6.25Billion as Buhari Extends Tenure of NDDC Interim Management Committee

Malik Yahya/

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N6, 250, 000, 000 to be provided by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as intervention support to complement efforts of the Federal and State governments against further spread of COVID-19 in the nine states of the Niger Delta region.

He made the announcement today when he extended the tenure of the Professor Keme Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from May 1 to December 31, 2020.

According to a statement from the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the extension is to cover the period of the forensic audit of the NDDC, earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, under the chairmanship of the President.

Adesina stated: “In the same vein, President Buhari equally approved that the NDDC provides intervention support to complement efforts of the Federal and State governments against further spread of COVID-19 in the nine states of the Niger Delta region, in the sum of Six Billion, Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N6,250,000,000.00) only.

“The materials and supplies are to be done through the Emergency Procurement method as provided in Sections 42(b) (c) and 43 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.”