Dalung was said to have refused to appear before the committee after seven invitations were communicated to him.
The committee chaired by Rep Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, PDP, Abia also summoned the ministry’s Permanent Secretary and Director of Procurement to appear alongside the minister to explain their roles over alleged bribery scam involving a contractor.
The petitioner, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation, in a letter dated January 1, 2017 entitled: “Public Petition Against Minister of Sports, Permanent Secretary, Director of Procurement for Corruption, Bribery and Criminal Breach of Contract, Pursuant To Section 88(1) had alleged that: “Our client Solbec Ltd was awarded a contract, via a contract award letter dated 27 November 2013 by the then Ministry of Youth Development(Now Federal Minstry of Sports) for the construction of a youth development centre at Ojongbodu, Oyo state.
“The total contract sum is N182,942,047.05 and the contract was duly awarded after a thorough award procurement scrutiny and selection process in line with the Procurement Act and contract agreement.
“Several attempts were made to get the 15 percent mobilisation fee but request was turned down and the contractor was advised to take a loan facility and Skye Bank obliged him N20m. “On Sept 18, 2014 when the project got to DPC level, a job valuation of N30,159,527 was raised for payment after it was measured, investigated and verified.
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