Contractor accuses NDDC of deception over ownership of firms

…Alleges plans by agency to divert funds

A contractor with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), High Chief Nelson Agbamuche, has accused the commission of attributing the ownership of his companies to unknown persons in a ploy to divert debts owned his firms for contracts executed to unknown persons.

He also described the allegation that he signed contract agreements for 11 companies, as a calculated deception.  

“This is another blatant lie. It is bothersome when this kind of barefaced mendacity is supposedly coming from an official quarter. I state unequivocally that this is untrue,” he said.   

Agbamuche had recently, cautioned the NDDC not to drag him into its battle with the National Assembly over attempts by the lawmakers to probe the finances of the commission. 

In a statement issued on Monday, Agbamuche expressed apprehension that the NDDC management is engaging in a deliberate conspiracy to forcefully capture what rightfully and legally belongs to him. 

“My companies have been winning contracts for over 15 years; I am therefore, worried that misguided officials are attributing the ownership of these same companies to another person. 

“My attention has again been drawn to another set of lies and unsubstantiated accusations against my person by officials of the NDDC, on allegations of contract awards that I have earlier denounced and called on security agencies to investigate. 

“The latest mention is, sadly, uncharitable and very unbecoming of an institution that should have records in its care to verify contract related issues, devoid of false allegations,” he added. 

He further discountenanced narratives that his companies fronted for a serving senator to secure the contracts. 

“For emphasis, let me reinstate that I have been bidding for jobs and executing the ones won with all diligence long before the senator they are struggling so hard to attach me to got to the National Assembly. 

“For the record, I have never been to the National Assembly; the security agencies can please check the CCTV recordings of their premises to confirm this. 

“The said contract for the supply of chairs was advertised on national dailies where I came across it. Companies bidded differently as a common practice to improve chances in the highly competitive bid process. 

“Jobs were won and satisfactorily executed. Certificates of job completion were duly issued afterwards and payments were made. 

“According to the dictates of the awards, all contractors were meant to lease warehouses for a certain period for the purpose of warehousing the goods with the supervision of NDDC officials because the commission’s warehouse could not contain the supplies. 

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“Mine was not different; we leased a warehouse to store those items under strict supervision of the commission’s officials until they personally distributed the goods by themselves.

The records are there,” the contractor added. 
He described recent allegations against his companies as baseless And unfounded, asserting that he didn’t supply plastic chairs to the Delta state government as is being speculated. 

“For the umpteenth time, these people should leave me out of their diatribes and cold war. I have responsibilities that demand unassailable public records that I have carefully built. 

“This satanic drag must stop; I may be forced to seek redress against any official if this does not stop,” Agbamuche warned.