By Martin Odiete, Abuja

The Honourable Minister,  Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator (Dr)Godswill Akpabio(CON), has reteirated his determination to recover every monies paid to contractors on all abandoned projects by the Niger Delta Deveopment Commission (NDDC)

He made the assertion yesterday Saturday , 18th January, at the palace of the Paramount ruler of lbeno Local Government Area, Akwa lbom State,His  Royal Highness Owong (Dr)Effiong Bassey Archianga (JP). 

Akpabio paid a courtesy call to the palace at lbeno after the inspection of the Mkpanak -lbeno Skill Acquisition Centre .

The Minister assured the Paramount Ruler that the Forensic audit of the NDDC as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari will expose all Contractors who received payments and abandoned the jobs.

He said the Contractors will either return to sites to complete the jobs  or pay back the monies  received.And the ones at lbeno communities would not be exempted from this task.

Senator Akpabio was furious at the report by Dr. Archianga that  the NDDC abadoned  over 10 projects at lbeno local government Area.

The abadoned projects according to the Paramount Ruler are as follows;

The construction of lwuoachang -Eastern Obolo Road

Itak Abasi/Okoritak Communities Shoreline protection/Embankment

Upenekang/lwuoachang Shoreline protection/ embankment 

Ibeno Mini Stadium

Ibeno Civic Center

Ibeno Standard Divisional Police Headauarters

Orukim/Unyenge/ltioesek Road

Mounting of Transformers and electrification of lbeno Villages

Inua Eyet lkot /ltak ldim Ukpa/Okposo Road

Ikot Ekong /lbeno Road 

Channelization of creeks in lbeno Communities.

Earlier in his address Dr.Effiong  Bassey Archianga commended the vision and efforts of Senator Akpabio in trying to streamline procedures and operations in the NDDC.

He also appreciated his visit to the Skill Acquisition Centre, a project under construction by the Ministry. He recalled that the project  started when the Minister was the Governor of Akwa lbom State. He thanked the Minister for providing the land for the siting of the project at lbeno and pleaded for its speedy completion. Adding that he and the communities would be exceedingly glad to have President Buhari commission it during Akpabio’s tenure as the Honourable  Minister of Niger Delta Affairs