The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria has awarded a multi-million Naira contract to Daho Global Resources Limited, a company co-owned by Hon. Tervershima Abraham Agber.
According to information uncovered by LeadingReporters, SMEDAN paid Daho Global Resources Limited N23,860,465.12 on March 30, 2024, via payment code 0222027001, to offer skill acquisition training in the Southeast Geopolitical zone, a project our investigation revealed was not carried out.
Recall that the erstwhile Caretaker Chairman of Gboko Local Government Area Council, Hon. Tervershima Abraham Agber was one of the three local government chairmen sacked by Benue State Governor, Governor Hyacinth Alia for non performance, misconduct, and mismanagement of council funds.
Other agencies and ministries that have continued to patronize Daho Global Resources Limited include, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Federal Ministry of Environment and National Rural Electrification Agency.
A source in the know further revealed that most contracts awarded by SMEDAN violate Public Procurement Act and beneficiaries are usually friends, referrals from top government offices.
“Most monies moved from that agency take the form of sensitization programme”. These monies end up in the personal pockets of some top management staff and friends of politicians. The source threatened to expose all the prevailing anomalies in the agency through an international press conference to be organized in conjunction with civil society organisations in no distant time.