{"id":32029,"date":"2021-05-10T16:08:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=32029"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:54:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:54:48","slug":"ameachi-sets-up-panel-to-probe-suspended-npa-md-bala-usman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/10\/ameachi-sets-up-panel-to-probe-suspended-npa-md-bala-usman\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi sets up panel to probe suspended NPA MD, Bala-Usman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, inaugurated a committee to investigate the alleged shortfall in operating surpluses by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) under the leadership of the suspended MD\/CEO, Hadiza Bala Usman.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the committee is the Director, Maritime Services of the ministry, Mr Auwalu Suleiman, and Co-Chaired by the Director, Organisation Design &amp; Development (OHCSF), Mr Ben Omogo.<\/p>\n<p>Mr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/11\/i-cant-bring-myself-low-to-wikes-level-amaechi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amaechi<\/a>, while inaugurating the panel of enquiry, tasked the members, to be honest, and thorough in their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The terms and references of the committee include: \u201cExamine and investigate the administrative policies and strategies adopted by the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority and confirm compliance with extant laws and rules from 2016 \u2014 date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExamine and investigate issues leading to the termination of pilotage and other contracts of Nigerian Ports Authority and confirm compliance with the terms of the respective contracts, court rulings and Presidential directives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExamine and investigate compliance with the communication channel as obtained in the Public Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExamine and investigate the procurement of contracts from 2016 to date. Come up with suggestions and advice that would strengthen the operations of Nigerian Ports Authority and forestall such occurrences in future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is coming just as the Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives is calling for the involvement of the Economic and other Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the investigation process.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by the House Minority Leader, Rep Ndudi Elumelu, on Monday, the lawmakers insisted that a huge economic crime against the nation should not be left to an administrative panel of enquiry, but committed to an anti-graft agency like the EFCC for an independent investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers stated that they were concerned that the alleged NPA looting was committed to an administrative panel, saying that political manipulations and partisan influences had taken precedence over what should have been a system-wide investigation into a monumental fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Caucus holds that the mere suspension of the indicted Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, and the resort to an administrative panel of enquiry even after the report by the Supervising Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, exposed an unremitted and possibly diverted operating surplus of N165 billion, amounts to romancing and perfuming corruption by the APC-led Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minority Caucus also believes that the recourse to an administrative instead of a full-scale criminal investigation can only serve as a decoy to shield some other APC government officials involved in the looting spree at NPA and other affiliated agencies in the transport sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is because, apart from the unremitted N165 billion cited by the Minister, other documents and reports from the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation had also uncovered several sleazes, including unremitted deduction to Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) amounting to N3,667,750,470. $148,845,745.04, Euro 4,891,449.50 and \u00a3252,682.14,\u201d the caucus stated.<\/p>\n<p>Hadiza Bala Usman was appointed in 2016 and her tenure was renewed for another five years in January but she was suspended last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, inaugurated a committee to investigate the alleged shortfall in operating surpluses by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) under the leadership of the suspended MD\/CEO, Hadiza Bala Usman. 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