Court Orders Nigeria Customs Service Board To Grant HEDA’s Request For Cost, Details Of Company That Renovated Customs Headquarters, OthersHEDA had sued the respondent – Nigeria Customs Service Board – in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/52/2022 over the board’s failure to provide the information requested from it on the details of the contract.
HEDA in a Motion on Notice dated March 25, 2022, but filed on March 28, 2022, asked the Court for an order of Mandamus compelling the board to supply the information it requested on December 17, 2021, including the name of the company/firm it contracted to conduct the 2021 recruitment screening exercise and the amount awarded.
On June 13, Justice Nwite ordered, “That an order of Mandamus is hereby made compelling the Respondent to supply the information requested by the Applicant as contained in the Applicant's Request dated 17/12/2021 marked as Exhibit HEDA 1, to wit: ‘The name of the Company/Firm contracted by the Nigerian Customs Service Board/Nigeria Customs Service to conduct the just concluded Nigeria Custom Service Recruitment Screening Exercise 2021, and the amount awarded The process/guidelines for...
The decree was further amended by decree no. 77 of 1993 which provided for the inclusion of serving Deputy Comptrollers-General as members of the board.In another development, HEDA expressed deep concerns over the suspension of Abdulrasheed Bawa as the Chairman of the Economic Financial Crime Commission , by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Instead of investigating these matters, the government has chosen to suspend the EFCC Chairman, signalling a lack of genuine interest in addressing corruption issues from both past and present administrations, HEDA said.Suraju further expressed concern over the consistent pattern observed when it comes to the EFCC Chairman's tenure, highlighting that no Chairman has ever left the office in a dignified manner.