Controversial former Minister of Works and former chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has been summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts to defend his actions on a sum of N2.3 billion allegedly spent on failed road contract.
The committee vowed to use the services of International Police (Interpol), to extradite the contractor, Torno Internazionale Nigeria Limited, which absconded from Nigeria after collecting the sum of N1.8 billion without executing the road project contract awarded.
To appear along with Chief Anenih before the committee are the site engineers, Federal Comptroller of Works and the Permanent Secretary of the ministry when the contract was awarded for roads in Nasarawa State in 2006.
Also, the committee is to write to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), to seek the identities of Nigerians who were on the board of the company which only executed 19 per cent of the contract.
According to chairman of the committed, Hon. Solomon Adeola Olamilekan, Chief Anenih was being invited in respect of a memo he presented to then Federal Executive Council (FEC), under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, which made the FEC to award the contract to the firm despite earlier strong advice that the firm had no technical capacity to handle the road project.
The committee, however, expressed reservation as to why such a huge amount of money would go down the drain under the watchful eyes of those at the helms.
Also, the committee is to write to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), to seek the identities of Nigerians who were on the board of the company which only executed 19 per cent of the contract.
According to chairman of the committed, Hon. Solomon Adeola Olamilekan, Chief Anenih was being invited in respect of a memo he presented to then Federal Executive Council (FEC), under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, which made the FEC to award the contract to the firm despite earlier strong advice that the firm had no technical capacity to handle the road project.
The committee, however, expressed reservation as to why such a huge amount of money would go down the drain under the watchful eyes of those at the helms.
It is too late
ReplyDeleteThat is nigeria, dat is what de eat. he will soon pack his load his friend (saraki )
ReplyDeleteObasanjo is an accomplice so he should appear too for authorizing such a contracts without due proper process.These are the main evil genius we have in Nigeria.The problem is that this arraign and investigation will not get anywhere at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteThe committee members are just trying to collect bribe/kickback in order to bury d matter under d carpet.They are all thieves and rogue.Its only a blody revolution that will stop these mess and wipe these bastards away.Tony Anineh have been a crook all his life.
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