Tony Anenih Elected PDP BOT Chairman

Abuja — THE National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described the election of former Chairman of Board of Trustees, BoT, Tony Anenih into the office of Chairman of the board as a bold step towards ensuring peace and harmony within the ranks of the Party.

In a statement signed by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP however expressed confidence that Chief Anenih's antecedents as a mobilizer and consensus builder over the years will contribute to the long term stability of the Party.

Metuh said, "Chief Anenih's tireless participation and critical role in the formation of the PDP places him in good stead to provide wise counsel and direct the influential Board of Trustees to follow the noble ideals of the founders of the Party.

His wealth of experience and acclaimed reputation as a democrat and consensus builder are assets that the Party needs at this critical point in our democratic evolution.

" Chief Anenih's unanimous election by all members of the Board of Trustees has disappointed opposition elements and doomsday prophets who expected the process to result in rancor and acrimony.

"This is yet another signal that the PDP is ever united and ready to overcome all perceived obstacles in our drive to provide focused leadership and service to the people of Nigeria.

"PDP calls all Party members across board to give maximum cooperation to the new chairman of the BOT who has himself pledged to broaden the spread of the umbrella to accommodate all tendencies."

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Tony Anenih Summoned by House Committee over N1.8 Billion Collected for Failed Road Contract in 2006

Former chairman, Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Minister of Works of the nation, Chief Tony Anenih has been summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts to defend his actions on a sum of N2.3 billion allegedly spent on failed road contract in Nasarawa State in 2006.

Also appearing along with Chief Anenih before the committee are the site engineers, Federal Comptroller of Works and the Permanent Secretary of the ministry when the contract was awarded, while the committee headed by Honourable Solomon Adeola Olamilekan vowed to use the services of International Police (Interpol), to extradite the contractor, Torno Internazionale Nigeria Limited which absconded from the country after collecting the sum of N1.8 billion without executing the road project contract awarded.

The committee is also to write to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), to seek the identities of Nigerians who were on the board of the company which only executed 19 per cent of the contract. According to Honorable Olamilekan, Chief Anenih was being invited in respect of a memo he presented to then Federal Executive Council (FEC), under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, which made the FEC to award the contract to the firm despite earlier strong advice that the firm had no technical capacity to handle the road project.

The committee, however, expressed reservation as to why such a huge amount of money would go down the drain under the watchful eyes of those at the helms. The Auditor General of the Federation, had in its 2006 audit report alleged that the failed road contract was awarded for N2.3 billion out of which N552 million, was paid before the contract was terminated. However, the contractor later went to court and obtained court judgment of N1.3 billion against the Federal Government for terminating the contract.

Source: Tribune

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