Acting MD NDDC faints during public hearing

The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Company (NDDC), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, ‘fainted’ on Monday during his presentation at the ongoing probe of the commission by the House of Representatives.

The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Prof Daniel Pondei, has collapsed. The NDDC boss fainted where he was seated after the members of the House Committee on NDDC grilled him for about 45 minutes.

Pondei has been rushed out of the Conference Room 231, venue of the investigative hearing on illegal spending and mismanagement of funds.

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, however, stayed behind.

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