The House of Representatives Ad
Hoc Committee on Failed Rail Contracts, yesterday, discovered 169 ghost
companies registered as contractors with the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC,
for projects valued at N1 trillion.
Chairman of the committee, Johnson
Agbonnayinman, (Ikpoba/Okha federal constituency) discovered the scam when they
invite contractors to a meeting and no one showed up stating that efforts
to reach them have so far proven abortive.
He added that so far, only the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, responded to the committee’s letter.
He added that so far, only the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, responded to the committee’s letter.
He said:
“You are duty bound to produce the
contractors. They are nowhere to be found; they are not faceless but yet they
cannot be reached.
“You gave them the job, so you should produce them; we are
holding you responsible.”
The
committee also asked the corporation’s MD, Mr. Adeseyi Sijuwade, to make
available the agency’s record of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between
2010 and 2014, and to explain to the committee what the IGR was used for.
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