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The Aviation Ministry has confirmed receiving the report of the alleged N13 billion fraud on the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria Project of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA.
This is coming on the heels of denial by the agency that the alleged N13bn fraud discovered in the TRACON project was a scam.
Vanguard learnt, yesterday, that the ministry had received the alleged N13bn fraud on the TRACON project and was still studying the documents.
The minister’s Special Assistant, Media, Mr. Joe Obi, told Vanguard that the report had been submitted to the ministry, but denied the summoning of NAMA Managing Director, Mr. Nnamdi Udoh, to Abuja by the ministry.
Obi, however, declined to comment on steps the ministry would take if Udoh was found wanting on the contract award.
He said: “We can’t pre-empt the action of the ministry until after our own investigation.”
Meanwhile, the General Manager, Public Affairs, NAMA, Mr. Supo Atobatele, insisted that the report was a technical one, adding that the managing director was not summoned to Abuja.
He said: “It’s a technical report on TRACON project and it’s a technical issue. I can tell you that there is no fraud in it. The amount mentioned is almost the entire amount dedicated for the project and if there was such fraud, it means the project was never executed.
“Nobody summoned our MD to Abuja on the report. He only went to Abuja for an official assignment and he’s due back today (yesterday).”
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