NDDC MD, Pondei collapsed, wheeled out of House Committee

The Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Prof. Daniel Pondei has collapsed at the House Committee investigative hearing on Monday.

He collapsed while answering questions from Committee members and was immediately wheeled out of the hearing room 231 of the House of Representatives building.

Members of Sergeant-At-Arms who wheeled him away from the venue took him to the National Assembly staff clinic at the underground of the white house for immediate medical attention.

Pondei-led Interim Management Committee is being investigated for alledged N81.5 billion alledgedly spent in three months. At Monday’s resumed hearing, the House Committee is expected to take submissions from the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.