President Muhammadu Buhari had, a few days ago, sacked Prof Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei-led Interim Management Committee of NDDC and appointed Akwa as the new interim administrator.
Though the alleged malfeasance was carried out during Pondei-led IMC, the Chairman of the committee, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, said Akwa was summoned because “government is continuum.”
Akinyelure was reacting to the submission of a petitioner, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, who claimed to be the Chairman of the NDDC COVID-19 Palliatives Distribution Committee.
Jackrich had, in a written petition before the Senate panel, alleged that Pondei and his team mismanaged food and medical items worth N6.2bn meant for distribution to the people in the nine Niger Delta states.