An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity
and Anti-Corruption established that Maxicare Company (Nigeria) Limited engaged
in collusive and fraudulent practices during a tender for the construction of
weigh stations and supply of equipment under the Transport Facilitation Program
for the Bamenda-Mamfe-Abakaliki-Enugu Road Corridor connecting Cameroon and
Nigeria.
The debarment renders Maxicare Company (Nigeria) Limited and
its affiliates ineligible to participate in Bank Group-financed projects during
the debarment period. Additionally, the debarment qualifies for cross-debarment
by other multilateral development banks under the Agreement for Mutual
Enforcement of Debarment Decisions, including the Asian Development Bank, the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American
Development Bank and the World Bank Group.
At the expiry of the debarment period, Maxicare Company
(Nigeria) Limited will only be eligible to participate in Bank Group-financed
projects on condition that it implements an integrity compliance program
consistent with the Bank’s guidelines.
The Transport Facilitation Program for the
Bamenda-Mamfe-Abakaliki-Enugu Road Corridor is aimed at increasing trade and
strengthening cooperation generally between the countries of the Economic
Community of Central African States and those of the Economic Community of West
African States and between Cameroon and Nigeria in particular. It was
co-financed by the African Development Fund, an entity of the African Development
Bank Group.
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