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Controversy on NSITF Continues  as Minister Denies Awarding Contracts 

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Olowookere Samuel
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July 25, 2018

 

 

 

Controversy on NSITF Continues  as Minister Denies Awarding Contracts 

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The attention of the Hon. Minister of labour and Employment, Sen.  Dr.  Chris Ngige has been drawn to media reports that his office appropriated the powers of the Board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund( NSITF) in the award of contracts, hence the delay in inaugurating the board of the agency.

Such a blatant falsehood is either on account of fertile ignorance or outright mischief or both by the originator as well as the peddlers.  It is therefore imperative that the provisions of the Procurement Act 2010 which is clear and unambiguous on the process for the award of contracts be re-emphasized.

For clarity purpose, the Ministerial Tenders Board (MTB) for the award of contracts in any Ministry is made up of the Permanent Secretary as chairman and his Directors, while in the parastatals, the Parastatals Tenders Board consists of the Chief Executive Officer (Director General or Managing Director) and his Directors .

The Minister is not a member and therefore does not award contracts. Similarly, members of Board of Directors being not members of the Tenders Board of the parastatals do not also award contracts. It is therefore a stunningly crass ignorance for anyone to claim that part of the reasons for the delay in the inauguration of the board of the NSITF  or any parastatal was to enable the  Minister usurp the role of the board as regards the award of contracts.

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When the threshold of the award is above a parastatal, such contracts are referred to the MTB for final approval. Such also is the case with the Ministerial Tenders Board threshold which is referred to the Bureau for Public Procurement and from there, to the Council of Ministers called the Federal Executive Council for treatment and ratification. So in effect, the Federal Executive Council is not a contract awarding body and hence Ministers do not award contracts stricto senso!

 It is our humble view therefore that those in authority should be versed in little basic issues that guide public governance  so as to be properly guided in their utterances to avoid unnecessary character assassination and unfortunate misinformation of  the general public.

Once more, the Honourable  wishes to state that the reason for the delayed inauguration of the Board of the NSITF was to enable the Administrative Panel of Inquiry set up to probe a frightening degree of   corruption amounting to over 48 billion Naira out of which N5billion disappeared in a day without vouchers, complete its assignment. The panel has submitted its report while the committee implementing same report is already empaneled. It will finish its work very soon to pave the way for the inauguration of the Board of Directors.

 

 

Samuel Olowookere

Director (Press)

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