The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, mentioned he’s not a beneficiary of the Federal Government’s reinstatement of Integrated Logistic Services Nigeria Limited boat pilotage monitoring enterprise.
Nigerian Ports Authority, in a letter by Port Manager Charles Okaga dated November 30 addressed to all transport corporations, introduced the reinstatement of Intels because the Authority’s service boat operation monitoring supplier within the pilotage districts.
The letter learn partially, “This is to kindly inform you that sequel to the Presidential Directives dated 18th August 2023 and the consent Judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos dated twenty first of September 2023, the Authority has prolonged the Service Boat Operation Contract between it and Intels Nigeria Limited.
“Further to the above and to support the Authority’s and Federal Government’s drive to increase revenue generation from the Service Boat Operations, Messrs. Intels Nigeria Limited has been directed to resume services immediately. This is in line with the terms of the extended contract contained in the Managing Agency Agreement conveying the scope of Services, in addition to the obligations of the Agent.”
A couple of Nigerians alleged that President Bola Tinubu had reinstated the Former Vice President’s enterprise in Intel.
Atiku, who debunked this in a press release by way of his official Facebook web page on Sunday, defined that he bought his shares in Intel in January 2021 to Orlean Investment Group, the mum or dad firm of Intels.
The former vp added, “The phased sale of these shares that commenced in 2018 peaked in December 2020. Intels additionally made public my exit from the oil and gasoline logistics firm, that means {that a} totally different entity now owns these shares I bought.
He revealed, “My divestment from the corporate that I co-founded has not been reversed. Consequently, I can not, by any stretch of the creativeness, be a beneficiary of the reinstatement of the boat pilotage monitoring enterprise that was taken away from Intels by the Federal Government.
Atiku described the insinuation that his a beneficiary of the choice to rescind the cancellation of the contract between Intels and the Federal Government as unfaithful and mischievous.