On training, the sum of N6,091,647,748.28 was budgeted. For training, N14,909,329,548.00 while M1,270,868,251.8 was budgeted for food and cassava processing plants. Canalization drew a budget of N6,051,864,657; electricification, N2,404,325,571.19; road construction, N631,762,221,046.6t and land reclamation/shoreline protection, N14,367,443,759.00. Figures also show that housing schemes attracted a budget of N7.3billion, conservation and development of coastal eco-system, N217,366,668.75; skill acquisition centres N30.7billion; water schemes, N2.24billion and rehabilitation and remediation of oil-impacted sites, N1.31billion. The failure of the projects to deliver the envisaged impact, noted the committee in its report, was a product of many factors. These include project cost vis-à-vis performance. In general, the committee observed that the costs of projects awarded by the Niger Delta Ministry were higher than those awarded by other establishments such as the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), which also operates in the same area. It also observed that the aggregate of value of contracts awarded during the period audited was N700,538,741,691.30. This figure was exclusive of services such as security, rent, and facility management. Of the ascertained sum, a cumulative of N423,172,256,347.84 was paid, leaving a balance of N32,111,887,779.32. What this implied was that between 2009 and 2015, about 60 percent of contracts awarded were paid for, while approximately 40 percent of word was done. Another hindrance to the Federal Government intervention in the Niger Delta, noted the committee, was a duplication of functions, which h manifested in the repetition of programs and conflict of projects in the region by the Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, NDDC, the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) as well as state and local governments. 117