The Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, has presented the consolidated N2.28trn budget proposal for 2021-2023, to the House of Representatives on Thursday.
Managing Director, NDDC, Samuel Ogbukwu, said the budget was an aggregate expenditure of N485.7bn proposed for the commission in 2021 with N928.2bn in 2022 and N876bn in 2023.
He said shortly afterwards, that the increase was to reflect the new staff strength as well as outstanding promotion arrears owed to staff and those due to be promoted.
According to him, the details of the proposed budget estimates indicated that N28.2bn personnel expenditure in 2021; and N34.2bn for 2022 and 2023.
Of those, he said overhead costs are projected at N14.5bn for 2021 and N16.5bn.
Ogbukwu said that the Commission had met a lot of dysfunctional situation in the commission and with the cooperation of the House of Representatives, “a few were corrected especially internal organisation.”
Responding, the chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta, Olubunmi Tunji Ojo and his members, said when the NDDC presented the consolidated N2.28trn budget proposal for 2021-2023, they will not hesitate to activate the law needed to stop misuse of resources and abuse of power.
The committee said that where it needs to stand against or to cooperate with, it “will not hesitate to do so for the overall good of the region.”
Recall that the NDDC for the past three years had been without budget when the commission had been without a governing board.
Source dailytrust.com