The NPA said that the agreement reached with INTELS was done in the national interest.
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Bala-Usman made this disclosure in her memoir: “Stepping on Toes. My Odyssey at the NPA,” which is now on sale.
The former Vice President offered the explanation in an interview he granted to Arise TV on Friday on various issues.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Managing Director of INTELS Nigeria Ltd, Pasquale Fiore, in Lagos
Careful watchers of goings on at the NPA would recall that Bala-Usman, currently on suspension, had been in the firing line of Amaechi’s wrath ostensibly for her handling of contracts involving the Integrated Logistics Nigeria Limited
In a statement she personally endorsed on Sunday, Ms Usman said neither she nor the Nigerian Ports Authority disobeyed any court order in their relationship with INTELS or any other company.
The embattled NPA boss described such allegation and report as false, irresponsible, mischievous and defamatory.
The reforms embarked upon the Managing Director of the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman, since her assumption of office, has left no one in doubt about her resolve to right the wrongs of the past, block all avenues of leakages
Abubakar made the pledge in an interview he granted The African Review magazine
The company said the calculated misinformation arose from a press release issued by the lawyer and legal counsel of Ansbury Investment Inc, Adrea Moja, following the LCIA’s ruling in London
The billionaire, who will turn 75 in June, is not the only one being investigated by the Italian Economic and Financial Crimes Police
Chairman of the House ad hoc committee, Hon. Pally Iriase, who made the accusation at a public hearing on the probe, alleged that INTELS had been short changing the government in its remittance of revenue.
In a statement issued in Lagos by the General Manager, Human Resources of the company, Michael Ndon, NTELS said the scholarship scheme was set up in 2003 to assist persons with physical disabilities.
Because of this, and also for posterity’s sake, I will say the few truths I know about INTELS – the company, the owners and some of the politics surrounding it, in order to help commentators and followers of the never-ending Nigerian drama to make an informed opinion about the situation. I must also add quickly, that the opinions that I will express are from my personal findings through archival investigations and interviews with people who have worked with the company for a couple of years.
An example of such situations is Wednesday’s motion which ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and the Nigerian Ports Authority to reverse the termination of its contract with INTELS. In discussing this motion, as shown on Channels Television News at 10, the House was divided along party lines but at the end of the day, those who wanted a situation the termination “reinstated” pending the conclusion of investigations of an ad hoc committee set up to look into the matter carried the day.
The criticism followed attempts by Abubakar on his Twitter handle to exonerate himself of allegations of corruption