Video of the moment the Acting Managing Director NDDC, Daniel Pondei collapsed while responding to the ongoing house committee public hearing on NDDC.
In the video trending on social media, Mr Pondei, defending the allegations of 1.5billion naira of financial misappropriation, suddenly collapsed and couldn’t respond to questions from the chairman of the probe panel.
Efforts from witnesses to resuscitate him were however effective when he regained consciousness shortly afterwards.
Mr Daniel Pondei leaves the panel after feeling unwell and could not continue his defence.
See the video below:
https://twitter.com/AshakaSaleh/status/1285194525972017152?s=20
Meanwhile, Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has revealed that most of the contracts at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are given to members of the National Assembly.
The Minister made this revelation while responding to questions at the public hearing by the NDDC.
Akpabio told the House members: “Most of the contracts in NDDC are given out to the members of the National Assembly. If you don’t know, please ask the two chairmen.”