Alleged N4.478billion contracts fraud
Eight companies which got N4.478 billion to supply 104 Unity Colleges Science Kits disappeared with the cash.
The Universal Basi c Education Commission (UBEC) has written the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to admit that the kits were not supplied.
The
anti-graft agency is probing top UBEC. Officials for alleged diversion of a
huge chunk of the N20 billion voted for contracts.
One of the
contracts is the supply of science and technical equipment and books.
The movement
of about eight suspects has been restricted to the country following the
seizure of their passports.
UBEC
conducted an audit of the items supplied by the eight companies.
In a March 1,
2018 letter to the EFCC, signed by an Assistant Director for Procurement,
Benjamin A. Smart, UBEC confirmed that there was fraud in the contracts.
The letter
said: “The total cost of items not delivered by the eight companies is
N4,478,683, 300”.
The worth of
the undelivered items and the companies allegedly involved are: L’enfant
Enterprises Limited (N837,944,500); Callandar Investment (N639,474,000);
Broomley Technologies (N533,516,500); Broomley Laboratories (N313,933,100);
Benfield Nigeria Limited(N397,058,600); Adeyinka Ventures Limited
(N764,671,300); Taiso Global (N565,179,800); and Aristocrat SPC
(N426,904,500).
The companies
could not be reached for comments last night, report the nation
Updateville.blogspot.com
gathers that An EFCC source, who spoke in confidence, said: “UBEC wrote us
based on documents collected from over 104 Federal Government Colleges and
other schools.
“We
discovered that most of the contracts awarded to at least seven of these eight
companies were not bided for. There was alleged violation of due process.
“We have
pleaded on the accounts of the affected companies in line with the ongoing
investigation.
“Our detectives
invited the principals of the 104 schools and their store officers to give
account of the quantity of the items supplied. Some schools received about 30%
of their equipment, some got 40% and some 50%.
“About three
to four schools in the Northeast, particularly those sited in Boko Haram
insurgency axis, did not receive any science and technical equipment.
“When we
discovered that these equipments were not supplied, EFCC investigators decided
to track the money paid by UBEC. The detectives discovered that about N5
billion was paid out to some individuals with a strong suspicion that it might
have been diverted and used for the 2015 general elections.”
WHO GOT WHAT
•L’enfant
Enterprises Ltd (N837,944,500)
•Callandar Investment (N639,474,000)
•Broomley Technologies (N533,516,500)
•Broomley Laboratories (N313,933,100)
•Benfield Nigeria Ltd (N397,058,600)
•Adeyinka Ventures Ltd (N764,671,300)
•Taiso Global (N565,179,800)
•Aristocrat SPC (N426,904,500)
•Callandar Investment (N639,474,000)
•Broomley Technologies (N533,516,500)
•Broomley Laboratories (N313,933,100)
•Benfield Nigeria Ltd (N397,058,600)
•Adeyinka Ventures Ltd (N764,671,300)
•Taiso Global (N565,179,800)
•Aristocrat SPC (N426,904,500)
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