Funsho Doherty, Lagos State’s 2023 governorship candidate of ADC has urged the National Assembly to investigate the awarding of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project to Hi-Tech Construction Ltd.
In a letter dated 11 April, addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Doherty expressed concerns over the contract awarded to a company allegedly affiliated with Chief Bola Tinubu’s friend, Gilbert Chagoury.
Doherty contends that the contract violated the Public Procurement Act of 2007, as it was awarded without competitive bidding.
Recall that Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had previously questioned the process as well.
Doherty also called for the immediate suspension of the project pending a thorough review of the contract. He emphasized the need for due process and urged that if any violations are found, appropriate legal action be taken.
He stated, “I therefore hereby call on the National Assembly, in its capacity as representatives of the people and, in exercise of its powers and responsibilities of oversight, to immediately commence an investigation into this project, the FMW and the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
“The Coastal Road Project should, in the first instance, be halted and subjected to due process, including competitive bidding as required by the law.
“If offences under the PPA or code of conduct are established in the course of your investigations, we expect that they will be prosecuted and that the consequences provided in the law will be applied to serve as a deterrent,” he added.
