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N1trn failed rail contracts: Reps order NRC MD to account for money appropriated since 2007
•Threaten warrant of arrest on fleeing contractors Jacob Segun Olatunji And Kolawole Daniel -Abuja
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HE House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on over N1trillion failed rail contracts, on Tuesday, ordered the management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), headed by Mr Seyi Sijuade, to account for all budgetary allocations appropriated to the corporation by the National Assembly since 2007 till date. The committee, chaired by Honourable Ehoizuwa Agbonayinma, gave the directive on Tuesday, while grilling the Managing Director of the NRC alongside the Transport Minister, Honourable Rotimi Amaechi, the Chairman of the Board of Ttustee (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was a former Chairman of the Governing Board of the NRC, Dr Bello Haliru, on allegation of improper award of various contracts without following due process The committee also threatened to arrest some contractors and the operators of the defunct SURE-P
programme who participated in the failed railway rehabilitation projects initiated by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. It lamented that letters of invitation were duly written to them to appear before it, but deliberately refused to show up, saying it would not hesitate to issue bench warrant of arrest on them in ensuring that they appeared. Also, the chairman of the BOT of the PDP, Dr Bello, denied signing a contract worth over $8.3billion for one of the rehabilitation contracts awarded during his tenure as chairman of the NRC Board, saying only the management of the corporation could explain how the contracts were awarded. The NRC MD was also queried over the alleged N19 billion contract awarded to his relative. The report obtained from the Department of Security Services (DSS) by the ad-hoc committee showed that Sijuade’s relative was a Director of Eser Contracting and Industry of Ankara, Turkey, which secured one of the rehabilita-
tion contracts. The lawmakers also questioned the NRC helmsman over the alleged unilateral award of N3.206 billion contract for the rehabilitation of Zaria-Kaura Namdas railway line, as well as the £7 million contract subhead. They also quizzed Haliru Bello, former chairman of NRC Board, over the signing of various railway contracts, including the $8.3 billion for rehabilitation of the Lagos-Kano rail line in 2010, as well as $849 million contract signed in 2009. The lawmakers also expressed concerns over the award of various contracts for which no Minister and Board chairmen appended their signatures, but had the signatures of NRC Managing Director and Secretary as witnesses. The committee, in addition, grilled Sijuade on how the alleged N3billion proceeds from the sales of metal scraps approved auction developed wings into the thin air without being remitted into the accounts of the corporation or the Federation account.
Buhari’s CoS to staff: Don’t leak mails or sit on files Leon Usigbe-Abuja
APPARENTLY keen to avoid the Presidency being unduly exposed, Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has warned workers in the
State House against leaking official letters or sitting on files otherwise, they face stiff sanctions. Speaking during a sendoff ceremony for retiring and redeployed staff in
6 arrested Britons to be deported —NIS CG Jacob Segun Olatunji And Kolawole Daniel-Abuja
THE Comptroller- General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Martins Kure Abeshi, on Tuesday, said the six Britons arrested last Saturday by the Service for violating Nigeria”s Immigration Laws would be deported immediately. The NIS boss disclosed this in Abuja, before the House of Representatives Committee on Interior, headed by Honourable Jagaba Adams Jagaba. He pointed out that the action became necessary as the expatriates breached Nigeria’s immigration laws and would, therefore, be deported. According to him, ‘‘the company that employed those expatriates, after my discussion with them, they
agreed to be responsible for their air ticket. As I’m talking now, I’m sure they have been flown out. “One company employed them. They were in the services of that company, but they travelled out, when they were coming back, another employer gave them visa to come, which is against immigration law, it is against the law of the land. So their first employer complained about these expatiates, so it is an offence they have committed and we have ordered their deportation.’’ “When we conduct our operation and discover that someone who is not a Nigerian is living in this country illegally, he will be repatriated. That is on our own part, they have to go.”
Abuja, on Monday night, he said exposing government documents prematurely would not be tolerated. He said: “But just one thing we cannot tolerate is letters and information going out of this office. I have seen one with my signature shown to me. “I do not know who that is. I do not know why anyone should do that. But please, make sure that that does not happen. “Anything that is written will come out anyway. It is not a secret, but the bad thing is for it to come out before it is publicly made by the relevant authorities. “So, please don’t fall into this trap of somebody asking you to bring a letter, because if by accident, you are found or the letter traced to you, it would not be something that we would tolerate.” Kyari stressed the need for the staff to be disciplined, be dedicated to their duty, while shunning gossips in the office. According to him, “Those of us who are remaining here, should remain and rededicate ourselves, not make rooms for small talks or gossip; concentrate and do your job.”
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