The Acting Director-General of the BPE, Dr. Vincent Akpotaire, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja
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The Minister made these disclosures in Abuja while addressing the media on the recovery of revenue from government agencies
According to the statement, the Director-General of the BPE, Benjamin Dikki, said this at a roundtable on infrastructure and Public Private Partnership with the African Development Bank Group
The Senator Gbenga Obadara (APC-Ogun)-led committee raised eyebrows over the non remittance of the funds while the Bureau was defending its 2014 budget estimates before the committee
The statement said the tour would hold from January 29 to February 12 to address residual issues related to the settlement of the terminal benefits of staff of the defunct PHCN workers
The president general said that the association would continue to fight until the last disengaged worker received his money
She said the world over, presidents and ministers had no business awarding contracts to its citizens, stressing that there was a plan to amend the Public Procurement Act to make way for the president as chairman of the NCP
Though Motorola was said to have been the preferred bidder for the contract, Ericsson was eventually given the contract because of allegations that el-Rufai had more than a passing interest in Motorola
Meanwhile, a firm owned by oil magnate, Femi Otedola, Amperion Consortium, that emerged the preferred bidder for Gereku Power Plant, has made payment of $33 million to the BPE, being 25 per cent expected to be paid within 15 days of signing the agreement
The statement, signed by the Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to Vice President Namadi Sambo, Umar Sani, only said she was expected to hand over with immediate effect to the most Senior Director in the Bureau, Benjamin Ezra Dikki, who is to hold the position of the DG in an acting capacity