Reps Dismiss N178bn Bad Debt Allegations Against NPA, Bello-Koko

The House of Representatives has absolved the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko of N178 billion bad debt allegations contained in the 2019 audited financial statement of the authority. The Chairman of the House Committee on Public Petitions, Hon. Mike Etaba dismissed the allegations at a public hearing held at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja yesterday. The Forum of Non-governmental Organizations in Nigeria had alleged that the NPA and its managing director were complicit in the provision of N178 billion for bad debt in NPA’s audited financial statement. At the resumption of the public hearing yesterday, however, the forum failed to appear before the committee to defend the allegations brought against the NPA and its managing director. Disappointed by the absence of the forum, Etaba dismissed the petition for lack of merit, saying the petitioner had failed to appear before the committee to prove its allegations against the NPA and managing director.