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The report says the ministry "bypassed the procurement process and ‘mismanaged’ over N244 million meant for the campaign awareness of ...".
The Senate Public Accounts Committee, which relied on the report of the Auditor General of the Federation, has asked PPPRA to recover the money within six months.
Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Senate Public Accounts Committee has sustained the query of Office Auditor General of Federation (AuGF) over the failure of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigerian (FRCN) to recover over N180 million advert debts. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Mathew Urhoghide, sustained the query following the inability of the corporation’s Director-General, Mr. Mansur Liman, to explain what happened to the outstanding advertising debts to the committee. The query reads: ” Financial records maintained at Ibadan zonal office (FRCN Ibadan) revealed huge unrecovered advert d...
• PDP Wants Suspects Tracked Down The Presidency, yesterday, declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has no relationship with Gimba Yau Kumo, who has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) in connection with a $65 million fraud at the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). The anti-graft agency, in a list of wanted persons posted on its website, declared Kumo wanted alongside Tarry Rufus and Bola Ogunsola over the alleged fraud. In reaction, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the alleged $65 million (about N31...
By Eromosele Abiodun Last week’s suspension of Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman, at the request of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was the culmination of a two-year war of attrition between the duo, triggered by disagreement in 2019 over whether or not to renew the channel management contracts, THISDAY findings have shown. It was learnt that the NPA had in 2019 placed advertisement in newspapers calling for expression of interest and bids. Sources said three bid rounds were cancelled on the orders of the minister over disagre...