The Nigerian Ports Authority says it has consulted the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, for advice concerning the contract bid by Dredging International (Cyprus), a firm indicted by a Swiss court in a $20m bribery scandal involving top ex-officials of the NPA.
The Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza Usman, disclosed this in Lagos on Monday during an interactive session with the media.
Usman said she raised the issue during a recent board meeting of the organisation and informed members of the board that the NPA was seeking the advice of the AGF regarding the organisation’s continued relationship with Dredging International.
Dredging International, which was fined $1m by a Swiss court for the bribery scandal, had explained to the court that it gave the bribe to the NPA officials to facilitate payments of its invoices which the authority had failed for more than six months to pay.
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