Mr Doherty , in a letter addressed to the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas , called for a probe into the award of the contract. The letter, dated 11 April, said the award of the contract to Hi-Tech Construction Ltd, a company owned by President Bola Tinubu’s friend, Gilbert Chagoury, violated the Public Procurement Act, 2007. He stated that the process of awarding the contract without competitive bids was a violation of the law.
“I therefore hereby call on the National Assembly, in its capacity as representatives of the people and, in exercise of its powers and responsibilities of oversight, to immediately commence an investigation into this project, the FMW and the Bureau of Public Procurement ,” he said. In addition, Mr Doherty called for the suspension of the project pending the review of the contract.
Akpabio Doherty
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