{"id":16223,"date":"2023-10-26T08:33:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T08:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=16223"},"modified":"2023-10-26T08:33:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T08:33:42","slug":"nassembly-to-probe-lawyers-others-behind-11bn-pid-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=16223","title":{"rendered":"N\u2019Assembly To Probe Lawyers, Others Behind $11bn P&ID Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, resolved to investigate legal and other service providers involved in the case between Nigeria and foreign firm, Process and Industrial Development Limited.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following a botched gas project, P&ID had dragged Nigeria to arbitration and won an $11bn award against the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Federal Government, however, appealed on the basis that the ill-fated gas processing contract was obtained through a fraudulent process.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a verdict on Monday in London, Commercial Courts of England and Wales set aside the $11bn award against Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the plenary on Wednesday, the lawmaker representing Ohaozara\/Onicha\/Ivo Federal Constituency, Ebonyi State, Kama Nkemkanma, brought a motion titled \u201cReversal of the $11bn arbitration award paid against Nigeria: Call for investigation of all legal and other services providers involved in the P &ID deal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Presenting the motion, Nkemkanma noted that the UK court affirmed that the award for the gas project was obtained by fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lawmaker said, \u201cNigeria has been involved in a fight with P&ID since the company accused the Nigerian government of botching a deal by failing to provide gas to them leading to the ugly situation where the country suffered a $6.6bn judgment debt in 2017 when the arbitration tribunal ordered the country to pay P&ID with interest to start counting from March 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, we are aware that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in 2018, began investigating P&ID and found evidence of two bank transfers totalling $20,000 made by Dublin-based Industrial Consultants (International) Ltd. \u2014 part of the P&ID group of companies\u2014to Grace Taiga, a Nigerian government lawyer, who oversaw the award of the gas plant contract, thus exposing the level of shoddiness and corruption around the entire process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Following its adoption, the motion was subsequently referred to the Committees on Justice and Financial Crimes for further input.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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