$176bn Revenue at Risk as Huawei Moves to Sue FG in London over $304m e-Customs Project Eromosele Abiodun and Gilbert Ekugbe Huawei Technologies, one of the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) partners in the disputed $304 million
e-Customs project, would next month sue the Nigerian government in London, over moves by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to award the concession agreement to a company formed late last year as
against the federal government’s approval for the engagement of a consortium led by Bionica West Africa Limited. Since the approval of the deal, the management of NCS, which
wanted a different shareholding structure and control of the SPV, had been battling the lead sponsor, resulting in litigations. The project, initiated by Bionica West Africa Limited in 2018, with
Bergman Security Consultant and Supplies Limited (representing the NCS), Huawei, and African Finance Cooperation (AFC) as partners, was approved by the federal government on September
17, 2019. This followed a memo sent to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning. Continued on page 8
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Atiku: Yakubu’s Promise of Credible Guber Poll Medicine After Death We’re still consulting, searching for legal team, says PDP campaign To file petition after inspection of election materials Commences protest in Abuja over presidential election
Chuks Okocha and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, lambasted Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, describing his promise to deliver credible governorship elections next Saturday as “medicine after death”. Atiku also called Yakubu’s assurances
worthless and unconvincing, adding that they are a belated attempt at face-saving after conducting the “worst” election in Nigeria’s history. The former vice president spoke in a statement by his
Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu. The statement came as the leadership of PDP and its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said they were still
searching and consulting for a legal team that would handle the petition of Atiku’s petition at the presidential election tribunal. The party said the filing of his petition would start immediately after inspection of the election
materials. PDP said it had called a national protest for today in Abuja against the declaration of the candidate of All Progressives Continued on page 8
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