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ABUJA – There was a temporary disruption at the ongoing investigations into the procurement violation at the Product Development Institute (PRODA) by the House of Representatives, as the acting Director General, Engr. Fabian Okonkwo revealed that most of the contracts at the agency belonged to members of the National Assembly.
Engr. Okokwo who testified before the Hon. Nasiru Ali Ahmed led House public procurement committee, insisted that the contracts being investigated were awarded in full compliance of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
He further said that most of the jobs executed in the agency were done by highly placed individuals in the National and State Houses of Assembly.
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The Board Chairman of Projects Development Agency (PRODA), Comrade Daniel Onjeh, on Thursday, threatened the House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement, with a lawsuit, should it failed to retract claims of fraud against him within one week.
PRODA, an agency of government has been under probe by Reps Committee on Public Procurement opened investigation into activities of the agency which is under the Ministry of Science and Technology in Enugu.
The Committee indicted the board chairman of financial misappropriation in the course of their probe, but frowned at the claim, the Chairman has asked the panel to retract the claims by next week, or face being dragged to court, by his lawyers.
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By Tordue Salem, Abuja
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement, on Thursday, opened an enquiry into allegations of fraud at the Project Development Institute(PRODA), an agency under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Enugu State.
Miffed by claims from the Green Chamber and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chairman of the Board, Comrade Daniel Onje, has asked the panel to retract the claims by next week, or face been dragged to court, by his lawyers.
By Akpandem James
Death is not a recent phenomenon, it has always been there, threatening humanity and picking its game at will. No society is isolated from its vengeance, Akwa Ibom State inclusive. It has been stalking prominent people in the state and unleashing its wrath once in a while, even though magnanimous enough to allow reasonable time for mourning and consolation, before taking another.
Last year however, it came with some inexplicable vehemence. It came with a list of some of the most illustrious sons of the state, cutting them down with haste and fury. It was such haste that left the people wondering if it was in a hurry to catch up with the receding year; a year that would be remembered as one which counted the most deaths in contemporary history, across the globe.
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The Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has nabbed 200 suspects over illicit drugs weighing 2,083,369 kilogrammes.
The arrests and seizures were spread over the course of January to December 2020, the state command explained at its headquarters in Yola on Monday.
The State Commander of the NDLEA, Idris Bello, told newsmen that the command raided numerous drug hideouts, including Bola Joint in Viniklang in Girei LGA, and other hideouts in Wuro Jabe (Yola South LGA), Yola Market (also in Yola South), Gurin in Fufore LGA, Galadima Aminu Way in Yola North LGA, among other places.
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A serving youth corps member in Edet Akpan Avenue, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has been arrested for allegedly murdering a man suspected to be her lover.
The suspect, Chidinma Oduma Pascaline, said the deceased, Akwaowo Japhet, took her to his house at Abak road Uyo, picked up a machete and attempted to kill her.
She added that she was able to dispossess him of the machete and used the same machete on him which led to his death.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko MacDon confirmed the incident and said the Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme, has ordered a discreet investigation into the matter.