{"id":67759,"date":"2022-07-03T16:48:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pap-cancels-firms-contracts-over-breach-of-contest"},"modified":"2022-07-03T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T17:19:41","slug":"pap-cancels-firms-contracts-over-breach-of-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/pap-cancels-firms-contracts-over-breach-of-contest","title":{"rendered":"PAP cancels firm\u2019s contracts over breach of contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has cancelled contracts awarded to Express Concern International (ECN) for the training of ex-agitators in its novel Train, Employ and Mentor (TEM) scheme.<\/p>\n

PAP in a statement signed on Sunday and issued to DAILY POST, by Neotabase Egbe, the Special Adviser, Media to the Interim Administrator, Milland Dixon Dikio (retd), confirmed that the firm\u2019s job was terminated for breaching the terms contained in the contract.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST, further gathered that the statement followed an allegation by a group, Concerned Indigenes of Oil Mineral Producing States Forum (CIOMPSF), that the company diverted funds it received from PAP.<\/p>\n

But Egbe said even before the group issued its statement, PAP had terminated the contracts of the defaulting firm.<\/p>\n

He said the amnesty office had also activated its internal mechanism to retrieve the money it paid to the firm through a performance bond provided by the company.<\/p>\n

While acknowledging the interests shown by various stakeholders in the affairs of PAP, Egbe explained that under Dikio each job awarded by PAP was secured by a performance bond provided by the benefitting firm that enabled the amnesty office recover its money in an event of default by a contractor.<\/p>\n

The statement said: \u201cThe attention of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has been drawn to reports that a contractor, Express Concerns International Limited, has diverted money paid to them to train 90 ex-agitators in the agriculture value chain.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, the PAP had contracted Express Concerns International Limited to train its beneficiaries. But the contract was terminated via a letter dated June 14th, 2022 because the contractor breached the terms of the agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cContracts are not awarded to just anybody who submits a proposal, but to serious contractors, who have the capacity to deliver their contractual obligations.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, each job awarded by PAP has an insurance bond that ensures the scheme recovers its money in the event of default by contractors. Consequently, the PAP wrote to the guaranteeing firm\/insurance company for the recovery of the mobilization fee paid to the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the management of the PAP acknowledges the interests shown by various stakeholders in the affairs of PAP, let it be known that deliberate measures were put in place to reform contractual processes and block all loopholes that could be capitalized upon to dupe the programme.<\/p>\n

\u201dTo all our concerned stakeholders and the general public, there is nothing to worry about as your concerns had been anticipated and taken care of through the various reforms initiated by the administration of Col. Dikio (rtd).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to further assure all stakeholders that PAP\u2019s contracts are designed for the benefits of the programme\u2019s beneficiaries and not for the enrichment of any contractor\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has cancelled contracts awarded to Express Concern International (ECN) for the training of ex-agitators in its novel Train, Employ and Mentor (TEM) scheme. 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