The Federal Government has banned 10 companies from operating their businesses in the country, citing unresolved allegations of corruption.
Making the announcement in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders’ workshop on the presentation of debarment procedure, Director-General of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Emeka Ezeh said the ban was made to ensure effective implementation of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
Some of the companies are Scientific Energy and Environmental Management System of 23B Ijora Drive, MKO Gardens, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, debarred from June 17, 2013 to June 17, 2015; SNC Lavalin, C/O Aluko Oyebode, 35 Moloney Street, Lagos debarred from May 7, 2013 to April 17, 2023; Sego Ventures, 17B Canery Drive, MKO Gardens, Lagos, debarred from June 3, 2011 to August 1, 2013; Gurpreet Singh Malik, Lagos, permanently debarred since February 11, 2000.
Others are Kamal Sharda, Lagos, Sharda Impex (U.K), Lagos, Shereena Agriculture Ltd, Kano, Vikram Deepak Gursahaney, Lagos, permanently debarred from February 11, 2000; Karitex Ltd permanently debarred from February 24, 2000; and Contransimex Nig Ltd barred from May 30, 2012 to May 29, 2014.
“For the successful implementation of the public procurement Act 2007, the bureau has developed a debarment procedure after other international good practices that currently exist elsewhere across the globe,” Ezeh said.
“The proposed debarment procedure is one of the mechanisms developed by the bureau, to punish procurement related corrupt activities and inculcate the required discipline in Nigeria’s public procurement system.”
Consequently, the 10 companies will no longer be able to do business in the country, during their different periods of debarment, amidst the possibility of further government sanctions.
The companies were banned after a report from both the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank Group indicted them.
