The House of Representatives on Tuesday threatened to handover some companies involved in the procurement of pre-shipment inspection contracts, who allegedly forged tax certificates, to anti-graft agencies for prosecution.
Rep. Oluwole Oke, Chairman House Committee on Public Procurement issued the threat notice during an interactive session with Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance over alleged breach of public procurement Act, 2007.
Oke, who warned against appointment of portfolio contractors by various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), decried the level of evasion of taxes.
“It’s alarming that a company that collected a contract of 120 million dollars only to pay N20,000 as tax to Federal Government, to say the least this is annoying and those are the things this investigative hearing is trying to right.
“We have documents submitted…
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