The Majority Leader of House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa has said that as much as the government in power is doing all it can to salvage
Speaking after submissions by the BPP, the chairman of the committee, Nasir Ali Ahmed, said the acting Director-General of the institute, Fabian Okonkwo, was culpable in the violation of the Public Procurement Act 2007 by arbitrarily cancelling and awarding contracts without recourse to BPP and the laws.
“We’ll use you as an example. I don’t think any other DG has been punished before. I can assure you that every other penalty that is in the Procurement Act, you’ll face it.
“You can’t sit in your office and decide on who gets what. I’m happy that the board of PRODA is here and is listening to the rot that’s happening at the institute.
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PRODA probe: Reps refer DG to EFCC for prosecution
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By Tordue Salem, Abuja
The House of Representatives committee on public procurement Thursday said it will refer the acting director-general of the Product Development Institute(PRODA), Dr. Fabian Okonkwo to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-corruption agencies for prosecution.
Chairman of the committee, Rep. Nasir Ali Ahmed (APC-Kano), who disclosed this at the closing of the investigations into alleged procurement deception and staff victimisation at the institute, said Okonkwo was guilty of violating the public procurement act, 2007 by “cancelling duly approved contracts and illegally rewarding them”