The Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), under the leadership of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has established a Project Verification and Payment Committee.
The decision followed a resolution from the 9th meeting of the 7th Governing Board of the Commission, held on December 8, 2025.
The Board endorsed the formation of the committee to verify all ongoing infrastructure, electrification, desilting, environmental, and water projects.
Verified projects will be recorded on the Commission’s Finance and Accounts Directorate’s digitized platform to facilitate accurate and timely payments.
The setting up of the Committee was sequel to the Federal Government’s directive that all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government digitalise their operations and go paperless by December 31, 2025.
It was therefore imperative for the NDDC Management to conduct a comprehensive verification of all completed projects to capture the necessary information in the Commission’s Directorate of Finance and Accounts’ electronic database for payment purposes.
The Project Verification and Payment Committee would undertake a comprehensive verification of all completed projects in the region from inception to January 2023, to capture them in the Digitised database of the Directorate of Finance and Accounts for E-payments.
The projects to be verified include infrastructural, electrification, environmental, desilting, and water supply
Members of the Committee are as follows: the Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Alabo Boma Iyaye, Chairman; the Executive Director of Projects, Sir Victor Antai, member; the Director of Legal Services, Mr. Victor Arenyeka, Secretary; the Director of Project Monitoring and Supervision, Engr. Gbenga Omowanle, member; Director Finance and Accounts, Mrs Kunemofa Asu, member; and the Director Internal Audit, Mr. Lucky Ogbuji, member.
