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by Victor Ndubuisi
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According to a leaked letter, the Federal Executive Council rejected a request by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for security equipment along the Abuja-Kaduna train track.

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The minutes of the FEC meeting on September 24, 2021, marked EC (2021)236, which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo while President Muhammadu Buhari was attending the United Nations General Assembly, were obtained by Punch. Amaechi recommended that a firm, Mogjan Nigeria Limited, be awarded the contract worth N3.7 billion.

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The company, which was founded by Prince Godwin Momoh, Chioma Momoh, and George Momoh on August 6, 2019, has a turnover of N84.9 million.

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“We had questions about the capacity of a business that had been created less than two years previously and had no track record of handling a contract worth N3.7 billion or a contract for surveillance equipment,” a top Presidency official stated. In addition, the corporation was to be paid in advance. A conflict of interest was discovered throughout our examination.”

According to the leaked document, Amaechi indicated in his presentation that the Bureau of Public Procurement had examined the procurement process and issued the contract a certificate of no objection, and that the project would be paid from the ministry’s N71.4 billion budget.

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The minister then requested that the council “approve the award of contract for the procurement and installation of electronic surveillance system and interrogation unit on the Abuja (Idu)-Kaduna (Rigasa) 200km railway monitoring rail intrusion detection system and emergency response system in favour of Messrs Mogjan Nigeria Limited/Cagewox Dot Net Limited in the sum of N3,780,827,410.66 inclusive of 7.5 percent VAT with a four-month completion period in favour

Ministers in the council questioned the firm’s ability to deliver, as well as Amaechi’s refusal to offer adequate clarity on the equipment’s capabilities.

The minutes of the meeting read in part, “Some members expressed concern about the quality of the memorandum as there was no description of the surveillance system concept note, brand name, country of manufacture or review by the previous user to enable them to make informed decisions.

“They stated that as sophisticated as the surveillance system was touted to be, there were no indications that it had been demonstrated and tested by the security technology agencies. They equally observed that all the projects were lumped together under one budget line, which they noted was not good enough as each rail line project was supposed to be captured in its individual budget line.”

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According to the minutes of the FEC meeting, the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, asked if the equipment would be installed across all rail lines in the country and if there would be a provision for training to enable staff members to acquire knowledge and build capacity on the use of the surveillance system.

Osinbajo pointed out that the solution system was “described in a generic term and whether it had a brand name, adding that the system, being a rail equipment monitoring solution, ought to have a brand name and a comprehensive description of its functions.”

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The Vice-President also needed a description of how the system would work.

Amaechi in his response to the questions said it is just a pilot programme and if it worked, it would be replicated across the country. He said the system would work in such a way that if the rail was tampered with, it would send signals to an observation platform.

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The memo read, “In his remarks, the Vice-President directed that given the observation raised by members, there was a need for the ministry to provide a further description of the equipment, its brand name, manufacturer and how it worked.”

 

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