Despite Allegation Of N1billion Embezzlement, Buhari Reappoints NISER Director General
The DG and management of the institution have been at logger heads over alleged misappropriation and wastage of funds.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jun 09, 2021
Despite numerous protests against the running of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, by its Director General, President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed him.
The DG and management of the institution have been at logger heads over alleged misappropriation and wastage of funds.
Folarin Gbadebo-Smith
The Director General of the NISER, Dr. Folarin Gbadebo-Smith was alleged to have mismanaged over N1.5 billion during his 4-year tenure, with little to show for the funds allocated to the centre.
Senate sustains AuGF query against NECO over N6.5bn contract awards The Punch
Published 24 May 2021
The Senate has sustained a query issued against the National Examination Council by the Auditor-General for the Federation, for allegedly awarding N6.5bn contracts without following due process.
The query is contained in the AuGF 2017 report already being considered by the Senate Public Accounts Committee.
The contracts, according to the AuGF, involved the printing of security and non-security documents by the examination body.
The Chairman of SPAC, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, while sustaining the query at the sitting of the panel on Thursday, said the NECO management did not sufficiently defend the contract award process.
Bahrain issues $1.6bn tenders in Q1; energy deals top list
MANAMA, 3 hours, 0 minutes ago Bahrain has issued government contracts worth $1.6 billion for the first three months, up 23 per cent over the same period last year, according to new data released by the kingdom’s Tender Board. Of this, the lion s share of contracts worth $767 million were from oil and gas sector accounting for 48 per cent of the total followed by aviation sector ($382 million) and construction and engineering ($194 million) and materials and equipment sector ($119 million). Bahrain s Tender Board said the total number of individual contracts rose 25 per cent year-on-year over the first three months, with the majority issued as part of Bahrain’s $32 billion infrastructure development plans.
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Morobe has now become the 14
th Province in the country to successfully establish its Provincial Procurement Committee following the swearing in of its members in Lae on Friday.
The members include Morobe provincial administrator Bart Ipambonji as the chairman, provincial finance manager Andrew Namuesh, provincial works coordinator Charlie Sindang and provincial planner Gordon Aking.
They were sworn in together with Markham District Procurement Committee members by the National Procurement Commission (NPC)
NPC chief executive officer Mr Simon Bole said the committee establishment now gives procurement powers to the Morobe Provincial Government to procure goods, works and services up to the threshold limit of K5 million and Markham District up to the threshold limit of K2.5 million.