By Henry Umoru
ABUJA- THE Senate has raised the alarm over the operations of the North West Development Commission (NWDC), especially with regard to the delay in appointing executive directors, alleged internal divisions, and the spending of about N943 million on board allowances.
The Senate was particularly alarmed by documents indicating that out of N1.19 billion spent by the commission, N943 million went to allowances for members of the governing board, representing nearly 79 per cent of the expenditure under that subhead.
These were raised yesterday by the Senate Committee on Regional Development during an investigative session with officials of the commission and the Federal Ministry of Regional Development.
During the session, Senators requested to know why the NWDC has remained the only regional development commission that is working without executive directors, inspite of being among the first to be established by an Act of the National Assembly.
