Tag: NEMA

NEMA Fraud: Reps threaten Maihaja with warrant of arrest for evading investigative hearing

Jide Ige

The House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, the Ministry of Finance and other relevant parties to furnish the committee with all transaction details of N5. 6 billion funds released to four companies in relation to the Emergency Food Programme in the North East. The committee made this demand after another investigative session on the alleged breach of trust by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the National Assembly. According to…

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How NEMA DG, Maihaja flouts Public Procurement  Act, awards contracts to non-existing companies 

Jide Ige

The director general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Engineer Mustapha  Yunusa  Maihaja, has been breaching Public Procurement  Act by awarding contracts to companies that do not meet legal requirements and non existing companies, the House of Representatives  has discovered. This disclosure was made at the resumed investigative public hearing organised by the committee on the violation of public trust in National Emergency Management Agency. The lawmakers noted that documents before the committee which were made available to the director general in the hearing, clearly showed that majority of…

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