In a bid to show transparency and accountability, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA) is set to publish a journal containing completed projects embarked upon by the Ministry in the nine states of the region since 2015.
The Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affair, Mr. Umana Okon Umana, made the disclosure recently during a Radio Nigeria Audience Participatory Programme, Politics Nationwide.
Regretting that Nigerians could be harsh in their judgment as a result of lack of information, the Honourable Minister scored the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government high on project executions.
“This administration has done very well. That is why one of my key deliverables as Honourable Minister is that we are going to publish a Compendium of completed projects, not only for the MNDA but also for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
“People can be very harsh in their judgments, probably based on lack of information. So, to ensure that we are solid in the area of transparency and accountability, we will have the publication for public scrutiny. And this will be made available to all the stakeholders in the region,” he maintained.
Umana said that 50 percent of the 13,672 projects embarked upon, as identified in the report of the forensic audit, were completed.
He said that once the Compendium is published, Nigerians would be astonished at the level of work the Federal Government has done in the areas of Road Constructions, Bridges, Housing, Skills Acquisition and other sectors.
“It is not enough to just come on this Radio programme and speak and leave. We will leave behind documents and records which will list all of the projects completed from May, 2015 to the end of this administration,” he stressed.