Senate Joint Committee on
Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport, said it has recovered N120
billion from companies involved in N30trn revenue scam.
The committee on Friday directed
13 more companies to appear before it on Monday to explain their involvement in
the probe.
Chairman of the committee, Sen.
Hope Uzodinma, in a statement on Friday said the committee was giving the
companies the last opportunity to appear before it.
The companies are Dana Group,
A-kehnal Integrated & Logistics Limited, Don Climax/Skyaim, Gagsel
International, Africa Tiles & Ceramics and Network Oil & Gas.
Others are IBG Investment
Limited, BUA International limited, Huawei Technologies, Indorama
Petrochemicals, StarComms Plc, African Industries and African Wire and Allied.
Uzodinma disclosed that the
committee had resolved to direct the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to start
issuing Demand Notice (DM) to companies found culpable in the on-going
investigation.
He added that companies found to
have been involved in round tripping and money laundering would be charged to
court with immediate effect.
”The committee has only taken the
first batch of the companies invited.
”Only 61 companies have been
interrogated and over 2000 companies are still expected to appear before us.
”During the committee sitting on
Friday, 18th August most of the companies’ representatives heaped praises on
the committee for what they described as a thorough job,” he said.
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