Governor says Ports Authority only remitted N2bn out of N162bn generated

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August 19, 2015 11:43 AM

Oshiomhole disclosed this on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, while speaking at the National Delegates’ Conference of the National Union of Roads Transport Workers (NURTW) in Abuja.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has said that the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) only remitted N2bn out of N162bn it generated in a year.

Oshiomhole disclosed this on Tuesday, August 18, 2015, while speaking at the National Delegates’ Conference of the National Union of Roads Transport Workers (NURTW) in Abuja.

He also urged the labour movement to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing war against corruption.

Oshiomhole said:

“So, I want to propose to the President of the NLC that you should advise the members of the National Peace Committee to include justice, national justice at the peace committee because peace is a product of justice.”

“So, for us to have peace, there must be justice otherwise we are going to have the peace of the graveyard and there can be no justice if one person can pocket $6bn.”

“Last week, someone told us and this was an official report that in one federal parastatal, the NPA, they admitted to collecting N162bn in one year. They spent N160bn out of that and remitted N2bn to the Federal Government. Is that justice? Can someone plead in defence of this kind of abuse?”

Oshiomhole earlier revealed that a minister under the Goodluck Jonathan administration embezzled $6 billion in national funds.

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