AMAECHI ACCUSES AKPABIO OF COLLECTING 50% FROM NDDC CONTRACTORS. (PHOTO).
Amaechi accuses Akpabio of collecting 50% from NDDC contractors Former Rivers State Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of introducing a 50 per cent deduction from contractors handling projects for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Amaechi challenged Akpabio to explain the alleged deductions, saying the Senate President should account for his role in the practice. He spoke on Saturday at the ADC campaign rally held at the Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi, where he also criticised President Bola Tinubu over the country's economic hardship. Amaechi's allegation followed what he described as Akpabio's recent comments against him in Port Harcourt. “Akpabio, who was in Port Harcourt the other day abusing me and talking nonsense, ask him who introduced 50 per cent from contractors in NDDC. It was Akpabio,” he said. The former governor also accused Tinubu of contr...