Chairman of the committee said that Ahmed, Ali, Emefiele, Webb Fontaine Limited and other stakeholders must appear before the committee on Thursday, Sept. 29.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The National Assembly has summoned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele; and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.
Chairman of the joint committee, Sen. Francis Alimikhena, gave the directive during an investigative hearing on Sunday in Abuja.
Emefiele and Ahmed are to appear before the Joint Committee of the National Assembly on Customs and Excise on Thursday over the purchase of scanners that have been adjudged non-functional.
Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), retired Col. Hameed Ali, is to also appear before the committee.
Alimikhena said that the contract was given to Webb Fontaine by the Ministry of Finance to provide IT infrastructure for the Nigeria Customs Service for effective scanning activities.
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Unhappy with the development, Alimikhena frowned at the absence of Ahmed, Emefiele and other stakeholders that were involved.
He said that Ahmed, Ali, Emefiele, Webb Fontaine Limited and other stakeholders must appear before the Committee on Thursday, Sept. 29.
He warned that no representative would be attended to as the issue at stake involved revenue generation to the country.
Alimikhena said: “We want to see the minister, the CG Customs, the CBN governor, President of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF).
“We do not want to see any representation; we want to take a decision about Nigeria, this is about the revenue of the country. Webb Fontaine is very important in this matter, they have made serious money in this country.”
