The senate on Thursday resolved to investigate a consultancy agreement facilitated by Zainab Ahmed, former minister of finance, for a questionable gas deal.
Make-up gas is the gas a power generation company has already paid for but has, for one reason or another, did not utilise it.Ahmed engaged Ahmed Zakari & Co, as transaction advisers, to liaise between Calabar Generation Company Limited and Accugas Ltd, with the view of converting MUG to liquified natural gas for export to earn the country revenue.
Contributing to the debate, Aminu Abbas, senator representing Adamawa central, said there is a need to probe the deal.
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