‘N’Delta Losing Patience With NDDC Forensic Audit’

A group, Akwa Ibom Patriots, has expressed disappointment over the non-completion of the forensic audit of the Niger Development Commission (NDDC), saying that the people of the region were already losing patience with the process.
The group noted that the audit had a timeframe to complete the exercise, and pave way for the reconstitution and inauguration of a substantive board for the commission.
In a statement at the weekend, the Spokesman for group, Akpan Ete, while lauding the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari to sanitize the NDDC through the forensic audit, admitted that the prevalence of corruption and mismanagement of funds, particularly in the public sector, calls for forensic auditing.
Ete said, “Every audit must have a life span, and the NDDC forensic audit has exhausted its lifespan, even as we wait for its findings to be made public. After every examination, the result is made known, the long suspense, intrigues that we are being subjected to as we await the outcome of the audit in the Niger Delta, is to say the least, very disappointing.
“We are calling on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and others involved in the forensic audit, to without further delay, conclude the audit and make public the report to pave way for the re-constitution of the board as stated in the Act establishing the commission”, the group added.