The revelation that the transport minister tried to hand over a N3 billion railway security project to a company without delivery capacity was only the latest in a long list of brazen violations.
EXCLUSIVE: How Amaechi, Hadiza Usman clashed over multibillion naira NPA contracts
The minister at least once ordered the cancellation of an invitation for bids for a contract in favour of the incumbent contractor.
Months before her suspension last week, the Managing Director of the
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, repeatedly faced off with her supervisor, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over the award of contracts, and Mr Amaechi at least once directed a procurement process be suspended in favour of an incumbent contractor, documents seen by PREMIUM TIMES have shown.
The disagreements drew in the Bureau of Public Procurement, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Gambari, who reported directives from the president to both parties and sought external advice to resolve the issues.