The Senate yesterday indefinitely shelved consideration of the report of its ad-hoc committee which indicted Tony Anenih, a former minister of Works and former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees and other serving and former ministers of culpability in the misuse of N300 billion in the transportation sector during the immediate past administration.
Earlier the Senate ad hoc committee on transportation led by Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP Bayelsa State) that investigated alleged corruption in the transport sector since 1999 had subsequent submission of its report a fortnight ago.
The report is filled with revelations of alleged serial malpractices and shows how in 10 years, through multiple contract fraud, unhelpful connivance between contractors and government officials, N633 billion was spent on only 4,752 kilometres of road; short-changing the government of N47 million per kilometre of road.
Based on the report, between 1999 and 2009, the Ministry of Transportation, gave contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of 11, 591km roads at a cost of N1.7 trillion – about N87 million per km – and with only 24 per cent of the roads achieved, 64 per cent of the contract value has already been paid; about N133 million per km.
Senate spokesman, Senator Ayogu Eze denied insinuations of underlying intrigues in the removal of the issue from the Senate agenda at a press conference yesterday.
Earlier the Senate ad hoc committee on transportation led by Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP Bayelsa State) that investigated alleged corruption in the transport sector since 1999 had subsequent submission of its report a fortnight ago.
The report is filled with revelations of alleged serial malpractices and shows how in 10 years, through multiple contract fraud, unhelpful connivance between contractors and government officials, N633 billion was spent on only 4,752 kilometres of road; short-changing the government of N47 million per kilometre of road.
Based on the report, between 1999 and 2009, the Ministry of Transportation, gave contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of 11, 591km roads at a cost of N1.7 trillion – about N87 million per km – and with only 24 per cent of the roads achieved, 64 per cent of the contract value has already been paid; about N133 million per km.
Senate spokesman, Senator Ayogu Eze denied insinuations of underlying intrigues in the removal of the issue from the Senate agenda at a press conference yesterday.
