HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISMISS PETITION AGAINST NPA MD, BELLO-KOKO

The House of Representatives has dismissed a petition against the Managing Director/CEO, of the Nigeria Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko by a group known as "Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria".

The group had petitioned the House Committee on Public Petitions, alleging that the managing Director recorded a bad debt of N178 billion in the audited financial statement of the authority in 2019.

However, at the resumed public hearing of the committee, on Wednesday last week, the group failed to appear before the committee to substantiate the allegation.

Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Mike Etaba (APC - Cross River) dismissed the petition for lack of merit. He stated that, “This is the sixth time and the petitioner has not been in this place. The case is hereby dismissed,” Etaba said.

The petitioner had requested the management of NPA to be invited to address the growth of the alleged debt from N135 billion in 2018 to N173 billion in 2024.

The petition reads in part:” Our attention has been brought to the 2019 audited financial statement of Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, with special reference to Trade Accounts Receivable and the huge provision made for bad and doubt debts. Whilst we note that the position in 2019 would have significantly changed by now, the poor quality of NPA’s trade receivable account is alarming and require urgent attention".

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