The groups alleged that there was plan by the Commission to release funds meant for the development of the region to individuals and groups under spurious guise.
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“The investigators such as the EFCC and the ICPC must come into this matter. They must investigate transparently and release the report of that probe.”
The BPP argued that, in awarding the contract to the 1st plaintiff (J.K.Gadzama LLP), the 2nd defendant (BPE) violated existing laws, more so, when it was not the nature of contracts that involved national security or defence to warrant it from being exempted from the application of the PPA 2007.
The anti-graft agency in February, confirmed that it was investigating some governors as well as the accounts of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum in connection with the N516bn Paris Club loan refund to the states.
He explained that the principle of corporate governance has been stretched a notch higher with prompt remittances of oil and gas revenue into the Federation Account while it is also a matter of public knowledge that the Corporation has embraced fully the practice of conducting open public bid exercises in sourcing service providers and suppliers for day to day operational requirements.