The chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja.
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The probe into the transaction which occurred in 2013, was a continuation of the ongoing investigative hearing on audit queries raised by the Auditor-General of the Federation
The Forum said this in a communiqué at the end of its meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, read by its Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday
In view of the extreme importance of the issues at stake here, it is critical to make this clarificatory comment to ventilate the space and avail the public, all authorities, and especially policymakers, with the unimpeachable facts of the case in hand. For, as Edmund Burke said, “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
In a statement on Friday, Bala-Usman said it must by now be obvious to all Nigerians of good conscience that Sahara Reporters is bent on tarnishing her image.
Senator Garba had issued a statement on Sunday in which she alleged that the suspended NPA managing director influenced her removal from the agency after she demanded financial transparency.
The embattled NPA boss described such allegation and report as false, irresponsible, mischievous and defamatory.
Amaechi had recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari the probe of the Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman, who was subsequently asked to step aside on Thursday.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
The Managing Director made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday.
A statement by Ibrahim Nasiru, NPA Spokesman, said the appointment was to motivate its workforce and build a formidable succession plan in line with the federal character principle.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, who gave the assurance during a joint inspection with the Nigerian Ports Authority, said Section 1 of the road would be opened afterwards
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the centre has 40 computers and an e-Library for remedial students in the university.
Last week, three weeks into the deployment of the app, which is expected to take over the movement, scheduling, entry and exit of trucks into the ports, there were countless reports of trucks returning back unto the streets like the times of old. From the two possible access points into Apapa, the terrorism of trucks and their drivers returned to the frustration of those stakeholders who were convinced that the introduction of Etó would end truck congestion
Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, General Manager of LASWA, said in a statement that the joint enforcement was undertaken to monitor the operations of barges and to forestall incidents caused by operators on the Lagos waterways.
The NPA said this on its Twitter handle on Wednesday.
Speaking with Editors in Lagos on Thursday, Bala-Usman said although initial hiccups are to be expected in the operations of the app, the opportunity to remove human interference from the process makes the app the “game changer”.
Bala-Usman made call when she spoke with newsmen after re-validating her membership of the party in Katsina on Friday.
The Chairman of the state team, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, said this in a statement signed by the Assistant Director Public Affairs of Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, Bolanle Ogunlola, in Lagos on Thursday.
Bala-Usman gave the assurance on Tuesday after leading a stakeholders facility assessment audit of the Truck Transit Park at Lilypond, Ijora, Lagos, according to a statement.