Alleged 50% NDDC deductions: Akpabio challenges Amaechi to provide evidence

The Office of the President of the Senate has challenged erstwhile Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, to supply documentary grounds to enactment his allegation that Senate President Godswill Akpabio introduced a 50 per cent deduction from payments to contractors of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

The situation followed remarks attributed to Amaechi astatine a governmental rally successful Bauchi State connected Saturday, 14 November 2026, wherever helium accused Akpabio of introducing the deductions.

In a connection issued connected Sunday, the Special Adviser connected Media and Publicity to the President of the Senate, Eseme Eyiboh, said the allegation was superior but required verifiable evidence.

“The erstwhile politician offered nary declaration documents, outgo records, identifiable transactions oregon different verifiable particulars to substantiate his accusation,” the connection said.

Eyiboh maintained that governmental allegations should not beryllium treated arsenic established facts without supporting ...