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
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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.
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Comrade Daniel Onjeh, the Chairman Governing Board of Projects Development Institute (PRODA), has called for the immediate resignation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.
PRODA, an agency of government, has been under probe by the Reps Committee on Public Procurement over activities of the agency, which is under the Ministry of Science and Technology in Enugu.
According to the Committee, Onjeh was suspended by the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology as the head of the agency’s board.
However, Onjeh had asked the panel to retract the claims or face being dragged to court by his lawyers, adding that their submission was misleading and false.