{"id":89493,"date":"2021-12-03T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89493"},"modified":"2021-12-03T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:11:20","slug":"how-lawmakers-aides-use-own-companies-to-obtain-govt-contracts-icpc-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/how-lawmakers-aides-use-own-companies-to-obtain-govt-contracts-icpc-report\/","title":{"rendered":"How Lawmakers, Aides Use Own Companies To Obtain Govt Contracts \u2014 ICPC Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some members of the National Assembly and their aides conspire with government agencies to obtain government contracts amounting to billions of naira for companies in which they have interests in clear cases of conflict of interest.<\/div>\n
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They have also been found to cause the same projects to be domiciled in two different government agencies under the same appropriation cycle in a bid to extract money illegally from the federal government purse.<\/p>\n

The perpetrators use the influence of their offices from the conception to the implementation stage of the projects with a view to personal aggrandizement.<\/p>\n

These are contained in \u201cConstituency and Executive Tracking Exercise Phase 3 Report of the Independent Corrupt Practices and related offenses Commission presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by the commission\u2019s chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye.<\/p>\n

The report itemized several instances where the lawmakers sabotaged the process of conceiving and implementing constituency projects to divert money meant for the execution to their personal pockets.<\/p>\n

The report states under \u201cAbuse of office and conflict of interest,\u201d that: \u201cThe dramatis personae in the conception and implementation of public-funded projects use the influence of their office for personal aggrandizement to the detriment of the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cSponsoring legislators, their aides, and or senior officers of executing agencies use both subtle and hard influences to appropriate contracts for projects to companies in which they directly or indirectly have a substantial interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are significant testimonies and evidence of lack of adherence in practice to procurement rules and compliance with the provision of the Procurement Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance, the project for \u2018The Training and Empowerment of Women and youth in Abaji, Kwali,<\/p>\n

Gwagwalada and Kuje Area Councils, Abuja South Federal Constituency\u2019 was awarded to Al-Jabil integrated Nig. Ltd, a company owned and operated by one Sokodabo Musa Hamza, a relation of the sponsoring legislator. The contract value was N149,945,678.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn November, 2020, Sinti Nig. Ltd, a company belonging to the sponsor was awarded a contract by Sokoto Rima Basin Development Authority in the sum of N199,950,000 for a project to supply empowerment items in Kano North Senatorial District.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a project sponsored by Sen. Jibrin Barau of Kano North Senatorial District. Sinti Nig. Ltd has been notorious for this as it featured prominently in the Phase 2 Report for the same and other forms of violations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn collaboration with the BPP, this company like many others will be recommended for blacklist.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilarly, in a project for \u2018the construction of an ICT Centre in Katsina Central Federal Constituency,\u2019 the contract, awarded to Cool Choice Nig. Ltd at the cost of N49,091,991.14 was actually executed by the sponsor as the contractor had never been to the project site let alone execute the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe project design was changed from its original form and something of a cubicle built instead, the value of which has been pegged at N17,035,804.50.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn another project for the \u2018Construction of Classrooms Blocks with 20,000 Littre Solar Powered Borehole\u2019 in Katsina North Senatorial District, the project was actually executed by the staff of the executing agency who was designated and assigned to supervise the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe actual contractor had never been to the project site. The supervisor who ought to have supervised the construction actually executed it for which he received over N15 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe person saddled with the responsibility of ensuring proper execution of the project was the same person who executed the contract, hence the extremely shoddy execution of the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe said supervisor is currently under administrative suspension and awaiting prosecution as may be appropriate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother case is the contract for the construction of 2(nos) Community-based Water Supply Scheme in Illela\/Gwadabawa Federal Constituency in Sokoto State awarded by Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to Dogon Marke Investment Ltd in the sum of N23,880,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides underperforming the contract; the company, Dogon Marke Investment Ltd belongs to the sponsor and his family members, and out of the contract sum paid by the company, N8.8 million was transferred to the sponsor\u2019s personal bank account. This amount has been recovered.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these are clear contraventions of Section 19 of the ICPC Act, 2000 as well as the relevant provisions of the Code of Conduct Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the domiciling of the same projects in two agencies, the report gave an instance in Bauchi State.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother case is that of many water projects in Bauchi North Senatorial District where same projects were
\ndomiciled in two different agencies under the same appropriation cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly the ones domiciled in one agency were executed while those of the second agency were not. The contractors, in conspiracy with the sponsor, would erect project signpost for the first agency when its supervisor was coming for project inspection and remove them and replace them with those of the second agency when the supervisors of the second agency were coming. They played the two agencies.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cThe cost of the unexecuted projects amounted to N70,050,540.25, part of which has been recovered and the culprits being cited for prosecution,\u201d the report said, noting that such \u201ccases of abuse of office and conflict of interest still abound.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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