Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Executive Director, Special Projects, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh is in hot soup.

Senate spokesman, Ajibola Basiru has taken him to the cleaners for saying that Senators collected N20 million as Covid-19 palliatives from NDDC.

Basiru said; “The senate views with grave concern a statement credited to Dr Cairo Ojougboh, the Executive Director, Projects of the NDDC who alleged that National Assembly members received varying sums of money as COVID – 19 palliative. The senate hereby disclaims the allegation in its entirety.”

“The Senate categorically denies that any Senator collected the sum of N20 million or any sum whatsoever from NDDC as COVID-19 relief fund for any purpose whatsoever.”

“The Senate challenges Dr Ojougboh to publicly provide evidence of his claim and list the names of the Senators he allegedly gave the alleged sum. Failure to provide evidence of his claim, the Senate hereby demands immediate retraction and public apology from Dr Cairo Ojougboh.”

For those who don’t know, Ojougboh said that; “In the national assembly, each of the senators got N20 million, while the house of representatives members got N15 million for COVID-19 from the national assembly.”