A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), seeking complete transparency regarding the procurement details of the contentious ₦6 billion police uniforms contract, which has been awarded allegedly under dubious circumstances.
In a statement made in Abuja on Tuesday, the executive director of Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA), Ezenwa Nwagwu, indicated that this FOI request follows numerous reports suggesting financial misconduct in the awarding and implementation of the contract.
He noted that these reports allege that the contract was divided into 66 smaller contracts, each valued at less than ₦100 million, to circumvent procurement regulations, all of which were granted to a single entity, Messrs Crown Natures Nigeria Plc.