NDDC probe: Don Jazzy Reacts To Alleged Financial Misappropriation Investigation

– Don Jazzy faults alleged financial probe in NDDC

– The music producer added that Ken Saro-Wiwa who lost his life for the region’s cause wouldn’t be proud of how things turned around

– He laments the state of Corruption in the country, saying it has now become endemic in the nation

Nigerian music producer and Artist manager Michael Collins, also known as Don Jazzy has bare his grievances on the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Ekohotblog had reported that the minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, while being grilled over the finances of NDDC allegedly said that 60 percent of contracts were awarded to lawmakers.

However, he  denied the allegations on Friday, 24 July in a letter written to the investigative panel his.

The Mavin boss through his Instagram page on Friday said a great opportunity for the Niger Delta region to become a model for the entire nation was muddled by a few selfish people.

According to him, Corruption has eaten into the fabrics of Nigeria that enormous public funds are pilfered with reckless abandon.

He also wondered if Ken Saro-Wiwa who lost his life for the region’s cause would be proud of how things turned around.

He said “I have read through to know the Senate’s resolution on the NDDC probe in the National assembly and so many things come to mind.

“NDDC’s birth in 2000 during former President Obasanjo’s regime was supposed to right the wrongs made under OMPADEC in the 90s but unfortunately we are still here digging the hole we found ourselves in after two decades.

“Corruption has now become so endemic in our nation that people loot huge public funds with reckless abandon.

“We are always quick to blame the elite and the government for the sorry and pitiful state of the country while so many of us are patiently waiting for our turns to be in public positions and so we become rogues too.

“Let’s be clear here, this is almost 20 years of NDDC having many key grassroot actors from the Niger Delta region who would supposedly understand the plight of the people.

“A very great opportunity for this particular region to be a model for the entire nation was wasted by a few selfish people whose evil intention was to convert Nigerians’ patrimony to their personal wealth.

“We keep talking about unimplemented and abandoned projects by unidentified contractors that were not rightly procured.

“Are our consciences so untouched that we continue to thread this disastrous path even with the rise in poverty level and the dearth of infrastructure across the country.

“How would future generations of Nigerians feel when they read this history of unabated rot?

“It’s so unfortunate that Ken Saro-Wiwa of blessed memory lost his life for this region’s cause.

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“If only the dead could see after their demise, would he be proud of how things have turned out?

“NDDC, with this huge financial recklessness over the years, is just one of many government agencies in this country that are yet to be probed.

I can’t even imagine how surprised we would be if many other government agencies are perused this way?

“This isn’t just sad but also very very unfortunate

“My people, we still have a very long way to go.”

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