Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly have urged President Mohammadu Buhari to recover all looted Niger Delta Development Commission’s funds and prosecute the looters.
Dr Ekpo Ekpo Bassey who represents the people of Bakassi in the Cross River State of House of Assembly regretted that NDDC and leaders of Niger Delta regions have not been able to live up to expectation of the people as they allegedly connived with others to loot the treasury of the commission without executing various contracts awarded them.
“As I speak to you, the conditions of the people of the Niger Delta are appalling. There is a complete collapse of infrastructures. You can imagine the Calabar Itu federal highway, everyday, commuters are subjected to unnecessary suffering and difficulty just because they have to travel along the road to make ends meet, yet Niger Delta leaders, some of them, have collected over 300 contracts and have been paid over N200m but have not been able to mobilize workers to sites,” he further alleged.
“Our major problem is Calabar/Itu Federal Highway that connect Cross River and Akwa Ibom states as well as other states in Nigeria.
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