• FG to purchase 33 vehicles for forensic auditors Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has directed that before Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) pays for any contract, all the papers relating to such contract must be submitted to the field forensic auditors in the appropriate state for verification. x Akpabio gave the directive when he kicked off the Project Site Verification exercise by NDDC forensic auditors in the nine states of the Niger Delta region at the weekend in Ibom Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He revealed that the exercise, which was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s desire for development and sustenance of peace in the Niger Delta region, would establish, amongst others, the exact status of all contracts for projects and services classified into completed, uncompleted, abandoned, ongoing and non-existing in all the constituents of the states during the period under review.