The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) received at least N946.91billion as budgetary allocation in 18 years, according to unofficial report.
The sum is part of the N9.43trillion allocated between 1999 to 2019 as 13 per cent derivation to the nine oil producing states and other agencies of the Federal Government involved developing oil producing communities.
Records at the Budget Office of the Federation and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) reportedly contain the figures.
The record shows that the NDDC allocation is subsumed in the Ministry of Niger Delta’s total allocation.
It is only in few instances that the commission’s allocations were separated.
For instance, the NDDC got a budgetary allocation of N61.94billion in 2014; N45.78billion in 2015 and N71.2billion in 2018.
Other allocations that the commission got were buried in the main allocation of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and so the exact amount could not be readily determined.
But budgetary allocation to the NDDC from 2004 to 2019 stands at N769billion with the highest allocations of N81.9billion in 2018 and N100.19billion in 2019.
Monthly FAAC disbursements to NDDC though the oil minerals producing states benefitted from 13% derivation amount to N8.66trillion.
Records also show that the 13% derivation was paid to the governments of the states identified as oil mineral producing states.
Distribution from Foreign Excess Crude Savings Account for July, 2009 Augmentation; Distribution of $2billion from Foreign Excess Crude Savings Account; and Exchange Gain Difference were also paid out to the oil producing states among other pay outs.
The office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has queried over N70 million spent by the NDDC to accommodate officials in a 5-Star hotel in Abuja between 2008 and 2012.
The office also noted multiplicity of hotel bills and receipts, some of which the commission said were missing.
It also identified about N133.16million spent as advances on community engagements and project inspection which were not properly accounted for.
– Media Report