ABUJA – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has denounced the Park and Pay scheme within the nation’s capital as illegal.
The minister made this assertion throughout an interactive assembly with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, convened to commemorate his first yr in workplace.
He unveiled {that a} Senior Advocate had alerted him to a scheme that was surreptitiously diverting authorities funds underneath the guise of legality.
This revelation uncovered a big loophole within the system, permitting non-public consultants to embezzle the vast majority of revenues designated for the federal government.
“These are systemic points that necessitate our concerted efforts to fight. Oftentimes, with out such issues being dropped at our consideration, they will evade our scrutiny. We can’t omnipresent,”he said.
The minister recounted an incident the place a Senior Advocate of Nigeria contacted him, reporting an alarming state of affairs.
The advocate knowledgeable him, ‘Sir, people have visited our premises making an attempt to confiscate our autos, alleging they’re representatives of the Transport Secretariat’. Wike promptly intervened, looking for clarification.
Unaware of the scheme, Wike probed additional, discovering agreements between the Secretariat and purported consultants. These agreements stipulated that consultants retained 80% of the income, whereas the FCT Administration obtained solely 20%.
He unequivocally declared the scheme as unlawful, affirming immediate measures could be taken to dismantle its operation.
“I categorically state that this scheme is against the law and devoid of any official standing. With out the well timed intervention of my colleague, this illicit operation would have continued unbeknownst to us, “he concluded.
