Advertisement The Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria, FONGON, has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to come clean on the Nigeria Customs Modernisation Project, known as the E-…
WITH few weeks to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, a Forum of Non-governmental Organisations in Nigeria (FONGON), has asked the
The Nigerian government has ratified the re-award of concession on the implementation of the Nigeria Customs Service Modernisation Project worth $3.1 billion to Messrs E. Customs HC Project Limited, a Chinese firm despite a restraining court order. The government previously awarded the project to Messrs Adani Mega Systems Limited/Webb Fontaine. The NCS Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) had explained that the NCS would generate a whopping revenue of $176 billion over the next 20 years through the implementation of e-Customs project.
A fresh crisis has hit the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over an alleged attempt by the Chairman of the Governing Board of the agency, Lauretta Onochie, to take over the duties of the Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku. The composition of the NDDC board has been a subject of controversy in recent times, with the inclusion of certain persons – an action which has been roundly condemned by Nigerians.
A human rights lawyer and activist, Malcolm Omirhobo, has stated that Lauretta Onochie is not fit to be appointed as the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) chairman. SaharaReporters reported last week that President Muhammadu Buhari appointed his aide on new media, Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Buhari, in a letter addressed to the Senate President Ahmad Lawan, also announced the nomination of 15 others as NDDC board members.