WHEN NOCMA SIGNS FUEL CONTRACTS, ZEROS ARE ADDED TO THE CONTRACT SUM, AT WHIM

The law requires every public entity to seek PPDA approval before signing or amending a contract. Yet NOCMA found a way to play around the rules—granting a contract worth $19,137,182 (approximately 32 billion Kwacha) to a fuel supplier without a tender process or PPDA’s approval. It also amended a c…