Reps Probe $‎470m ZTE CCTV Contract, Summon NSA, Others

House of Representatives panel‎ has summoned, Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), the national security adviser (NSA); Kemi Adeosun, minister of Finance; Akinwumi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State; Mohammed Musa Bello, ‎minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); and Godwin Emefiele‎, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), over a contract for the provision of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in Abuja and Lagos.

The $470m CCTV contract was awarded to ZTE Corporation, a Chinese company, by the immediate past government of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The failed contract was earlier proposed for the security in Abuja and Lagos.

According to ‎Ahmed Yarima (APC, Bauchi), chairman of  the committee, others expected to shed light on their roles in the contract include the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, Minister of Interior Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu and Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Garba Dambatta.

Others are ZTE Corporation of China and its MD in Nigeria; Nigeria Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT); BC-TEC Engineering; NETLINK Broadband Networks Limited; OPEN SKYS Services Limited; LTS Security and Communication Limited; DG Debt Management Office (DMO); FIRS chairman; Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the DG Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP).‎