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Monday, September 26, 2022
Nigerian Minister of Finance, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed and CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele
The Nationwide Meeting has summoned CBN Godwin Emefiele and finance minister Zainab Ahmed over the controversial award of scanners.
They’re anticipated on the parliament on Thursday.
Hameed Ali, the comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service, was additionally summoned.
The officers will seem earlier than the Joint Committee on Customs and Excise.
“We need to see the minister, the CG customs, the CBN governor, president of the Nationwide Affiliation of Authorities Authorised Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF),” stated Francis Alimikhena, the joint committee chairman, gave the directive throughout an investigative listening to on Sunday in Abuja.
He added, “We don’t need to see any illustration. We need to take a call about Nigeria. That is concerning the income of the nation. Webb Fontaine is essential on this matter. They’ve made critical cash on this nation.”
Mr Alimikhena stated the contract was given to Webb Fontaine by the finance ministry to offer the IT infrastructure for the NCS for scanning.
Not proud of the event, he frowned upon the absence of the minister, the CBN governor and different stakeholders concerned.
He acknowledged that the finance minister, the customs boss, the CBN governor, Webb Fontaine Restricted and different stakeholders should seem earlier than the committee on Thursday and warned that no consultant can be attended to as the problem at stake concerned income era to the nation.
(NAN)
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