The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) under its Managing Director, Samuel Ogbuku, has failed to disclose key contract award details, a SaharaReporters’ review of the commission’s website has shown.
While the commission listed different projects across roads/bridges, desilting, water supply, and buildings, there are no contract award details on the website.
The commission only listed the “Project title, local government, state and contractor,” failing to disclose key details such as the awarded amount, budgeted amount, and tender process — a move that may hinder accountability and transparency.
Also a standard procurement website which helps public scrutiny and accountability is expected to show these key contract details, which are missing on the NDDC website.
This development also comes amid allegations of corruption levelled against the Executive Director of the commission, Ogbuku.
On Thursday, SaharaReporters reported that different projects in the Niger Delta region continued to drag on as the Bola Tinubu administration fails to publish the forensic audit report of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
This also comes amid allegations of funds mismanagement that have trailed the NDDC under its Managing Director, Ogbuku.
The refusal of the Tinubu-led administration to publish audit reports to show the financial expenditures of the NDDC comes despite a sum of N652.8 million being spent on contracts for the forensic audit of the commission between February 17, 2023, and February 22, 2023.
This is according to checks at the public payments portal, Govspend, by SaharaReporters.
SaharaReporters learnt that some of the yet-to-be-completed projects include the “Kaa-Ataba Bridge in Rivers State, which is a 1.2 km bridge and road project connecting Andoni and Kana local government areas and serving as an alternative route to Bonny Island.”
Another yet-to-be-completed project is the Nasak Junction AON Road and Bridge in Akwa Ibom State, a 30 km road and bridge linking communities to Abia State; the Okirika-Borikiri Bridge in Rivers State; and the Bonny Ring Road in Rivers State, which is a 27.14 km road project, including 13 bridges, expected to connect Bonny Town with surrounding communities.
SaharaReporters recently reported the lavish 50th birthday celebration of Sam Ogbuku, the current Chief Executive Officer of the NDDC, a development that has prompted concerns about the prudent management of funds under his leadership.
SaharaReporters also reported in November 2023 how the NDDC went ahead to distribute vehicles among board members despite a presidential order to suspend the commencement of official duties.
In August 2025, the Ijaw Publishers Forum called for a probe of the NDDC under Sam Ogbuku.
Some civil activists have also called for the urgent probe of the NDDC MD, Ogbuku, by foremost anti-graft commissions, the EFCC and the ICPC.