The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets has alleged an abuse of the concession and public private partnership arrangement between the Federal Airport Authority of a Nigeria (FAAN) and its partners.
The Green Chamber said this denied the government accrued revenue.
Committee Chairman Ademorin Kuye (APC, Lagos) announced this at an investigative hearing yesterday in Abuja.
The committee chairman said despite the expiration of the lease and concession agreements of some companies with FAAN, they continued to operate without any legal term and evidence of payment to the concession account.
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The committee invited the Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority (FAAN), Mrs. Bunmi Kuku, to shed light on the alleged irregularities in the operations of the agency’s partners in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement.
Kuye said the committee took the steps to carry out investigation in the aviation industry, in line with the committee’s mandate and public’s concern over alleged abuses of PPP arrangement.
The committee chairman directed Mrs. Kuku to furnish the secretariat all the necessary documents regarding leases and concessions agreements with its partners on or before Thursday, March 6.
He also directed the FAAN managing director and the agency’s management team to appear before it.