The Niger Delta Development Commission has demanded refund of N 2 . 5 bn from Delta North Senator Peter Nwaoboshi for contracts his companies allegedly failed to execute.
However , the names of the errant firms were not disclosed in the letter addressed to the lawmaker .
The commission asked Nwaoboshi to refund the money within two weeks .
The letter dated July 5 signed by the Director, Legal Services of the NDDC, Peter Okoro , asked the senator to pay back the money meant for the supply of plastic chairs and desks for primary and secondary schools in the Niger Delta region in 2017 .
It read , “ Instead of supplying the chairs and desks to the Commission ’ s warehouse in Port Harcourt or to any of the NDDC offices in the nine Niger Delta states , the items were supplied to a warehouse described as Akuede Akwis ’ located at Benin Expressway, Okpanam, before Wichetech Aluminum Company . ”
According to the letter , the lawmaker ’ s firms were paid to supply the plastic chairs and desks to schools in Delta North Senatorial District , including desks and benches to selected schools in the Niger Delta .
The NDDC noted , “ Despite having fully paid for the 2017 contracts for the production of chairs and desks, the items have not been supplied to the commission .
“ The resultant effect is that the commission and the Niger Delta region have been deprived of the use of the desks and chairs. ”
But Nwaoboshi in a statement by his media aide , Awele Onokwai , on Friday , said the matter was already before a competent court of law and that he had yet to receive a copy of the letter purportedly addressed to him from the NDDC.
Nwaoboshi described the letter as fake as it was not officially addressed or signed .
He also said that the letter did not link him to any of the contracts.
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