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Delta Ex-Lawmaker Oharisi Dissociates Self From Alleged NDDC Budget/Contract Story
The immediate past Delta state House of Assembly member, Ughelli North Constituency II, Hon. Prince Eric Oharisi, has dissociated and distanced himself from an alleged budget and contract story published by some groups on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
The groups with names; Network Against Corruption and Trafficking, with Mr. Oliver Samson as Chairman and Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum, with Comrade Prince Kpokpogri as Chairman, have published a budget and contract story against NDDC, where Hon. Prince Eric Oharisi’s name was part of signatory to the alleged story.
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The groups in a story with headline: NDDC Anti People Dissecting the Samuel Ogbuku 2024 Leaked Budget, had alleged the management of Samuel Ogbuku’s led NDDC of inflating projects already executed and non-relevant projects inserted in the budget to be executed and paid for with a plan to hold a World Press Briefing on the subject matter.
The Ex-Lawmaker, Hon. Prince Eric Oharisi while dissociating himself from the NDDC alleged story, said he was not a signatory to any letter written to President and Commander-ln-Chief of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senate President, and Senate Committee Chairman on Budget and did not see reason why his name should be dragged into what he knew nothing about.
Oharisi pointed out that there was no time he was part of any group or individual, where he appended his signature to any publication against Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC over how the commission is being run, or how their budget and contracts being executed when he had no little knowledge about the operations of the commission.
Speaking further, Oharisi said, “There was no time l was part of any planned World Press Briefing holding anywhere, hence l have come out to dissociate and distance myself from any form of writeup over budget or contracts award in Samuel Ogbuku’s NDDC administration as Managing Director.”
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