In response to the controversy surrounding the oil pipeline surveillance contract recently awarded to an ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemopolo (aka Tompolo), the Special Assistant on Youth to the Interim Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Udengs Eradiri, has said that Tompolo followed due process before the contract was awarded to him.

Eradiri stated this while representing the Interim Administrator, NDDC, Dr Effiong Akwa, at the Gbaramatu Voice 7th Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards 2022 with theme ‘Oil Politics, Securing National Assets, Dependency, and Diversification,’ held in Abuja.

Akwa, who commended Gbaramatu Voice for keeping up the media space and making the Niger Delta proud, promised that the NDDC will do its best to support it to be the flagship of the Niger Delta in the media space.

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