School Notebooks: N998 Million Oyo Government Project Exposes Contract Inflation, Jobs Awarded To Companies 2 Months After Registration
The contract, awarded in three batches, is to supply customised notebooks to secondary schools in the state. The first set of 12 contracts totalling N456.504 million was awarded on August 28, 2019.
BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKAPR 01, 2022
A review of the Oyo State Open Contracting portal done by Dataphyte has shown that secondary school notebook contracts worth N998 million and awarded between August 2019 and December 2020 have been subject to contract inflation, fraudulent contract bidding and contract ambiguity.
The contract, awarded in three batches, is to supply customised notebooks to secondary schools in the state. The first set of 12 contracts totalling N456.504 million was awarded on August 28, 2019.
The second set was awarded in June 2020, with a total value of N94.196 million and described as “production of second batch exercise books for students of public secondary schools in the state”.
The third set awarded in December 2020 at N446.370 million was for the supply of 212,505 copies of 60 leaves’ notebooks. The description stated that the notebooks are meant for the 2020/2021 session of public secondary schools in the state.
The December 2020 contract raises concerns as to why it will cost N446.370 million to supply 212,505 copies of 60 leaves notebooks. On the open contracting portal announcing the award of the contract, the description for the award says, “Production of 212,505 copies of 60 leaves customised exercise books for students of public secondary schools for the 2020/2021 academic session”. It added that the books would be supplied at the contract value of N446,370,480.
By this budget, each copy of the 60 leaves notebook cost the state N2,100 to print.
But should one customised sixty leaves notebook cost N2,100?
Checks by Dataphyte show that a non-customised 60 leaves notebook in Mokola, Ibadan, costs one hundred naira (N100).
Dataphyte sought quotations for a similar description of goods from printing presses and the quotes put each copy of the customised notebook at between N200 and N230, one printing press offered N158 per copy for 60 leaves of the customised notebook. Also, the higher the number of copies, the lesser the price for each copy. At the maximum cost of 230,212,505 copies should cost around N48,876,150.
The quoted price by the state government appears exaggerated even if other services like delivery of the notebooks to each school and design of the customised pages were factored into the cost.
In the case of the supply of 60 leaves of the notebook for N2100 each in December 2020, the Public Procurement Act states that “The Bureau may refuse to issue a certificate of No Objection to Contract Award on grounds that the price is excessive.” Project Awarded to Contract Splitting Companies
Aside from the inflated cost of contracts, Dataphyte’s investigation shows that three of the four companies awarded contracts on December 17, 2020, are owned by the same person.
Of the four contractors who won the contracts, three, Jeda Global Ventures, Insider Multipurpose Ventures and Sure Etiquette Media Plus Limited, are owned by Mr Oriyomi Hamzat Abdulrahman.
Mr Oriyomi Hamzat is a renowned broadcaster who recently founded Agidigbo FM in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo. Mr Oriyomi is known for social justice activism but was arrested in 2018 by the Department of State Services (DSS) before he was released after spending 15 days in detention.
In 2021, Governor Seyi Makinde commended Hamzat for establishing Agidigbo FM, noting that the government was willing to support the station to thrive.
In 2020, Mr. Oriyomi registered two companies on the same day. Jeda Global Ventures and Insider Multipurpose Ventures were registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission on the same day, September 8, 2020.
And two months after registration, these companies won a contract from the state government.
Governor Makinde to Sue Sahara Reporters Over False Reports About Book Contract
April 2, 2022
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has revealed that he is instituting a lawsuit against popular online newspaper, Sahara Reporters over its false claims about a secondary school notebook contract awarded by the Oyo state government.
The Governor revealed this while attending the 1st anniversary of Agidigbo FM at the International Conference Center, University of Ibadan.
Recall that Sahara reporters had in a recent post accused the Oyo State Government of “contract inflation, fraudulent contract bidding and contract ambiguity” in relation to secondary school notebook contracts worth N998 million awarded between August 2019 and December 2020.
MetaPhysical: Is it violence, or defense of their homeland?
Of course it's defence of their homeland. Defence of their homeland from Chike Akunyili, defence of their homeland from Justice Stanley Nnaji, defence of their homeland from Chioma (the student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University) and defence of their homeland from keke riders and traders.
Here's another one. Quoted for record keeping purposes.
Tantumego: You're either too dumb or stupid to think that a man such as mazi Nnamdi kanu who was unlawfully renditioned and is presently been held against his will inside the zoo called Nigeria can make any decision let alone take responsibility from detention, all you compromised saboteurs that sold mazi Nnamdi kanu can only rant from now till tomorrow, it holds no weight. Fact is sit at home continues till mazi Nnamdi kanu is been released from the zoo Nigeria prison, if y'all so desperately want the sit at home cancelled then release mazi nnamdi kanu, simple and short
To all those that say that the Autopiloters faction of IPOB has nothing to do with the violence in the East and to those that say that Autopiloters have nothing to do with IPOB, check this out.
naptu2: OK, I'll explain this. I'm not going to go too deep into details, but I'll provide enough explanation for you to understand. You can go back to the predictions I made in 2020 and 2021 for a better understanding of the situation.
Nnamdi Kanu was suddenly arrested in 2021 and his arrest threatened to put Ipob in a rudderless situation. Several decisions were therefore taken in order to keep the group active while Kanu was in detention.
One of the decisions was to get a new presenter for programmes on Radio Biafra. There was someone that Nnamdi Kanu had previously endorsed and asked his followers to listen to. That person was Simon Ekpa. He became the presenter on Radio Biafra and he made fiery and hate filled speeches just as Kanu had done before his arrest.
There was also a structure that was put in place to run the organisation in the absence of Kanu. That structure was the Directorate of State (DOS). The DOS was headed by Chika Edoziem.
As time went on, the DOS felt that Simon Ekpa had deviated from what they wanted him to do and so they sacked him from being a presenter on Radio Biafra. However, Simon Ekpa claimed that it was the DOS that had deviated from the Biafra restoration mission. There was an insane exchange of allegations between supporters of the DOS and supporters of Simon Ekpa. This is what I said that I won't go into. I'm not going to reproduce the allegations here, but you can find them yourself if you search the Internet (it's mainly about money, calling each other prostitutes, accusing each other of selling out and control of ESN). It was a serious war that mainly took place on the Internet, but sometimes also occurred on the streets.
Simon Ekpa is more social media savvy and he built up a huge amount of support. Apart from YouTube and Radio Biafra, members of the DOS do not actively use social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, but Simon Ekpa is everywhere. He is also an extreme extremist and and his threats, bigotry and fiery speeches appeals to some youths and so he developed a huge following. The DOS is trying to be a little more conciliatory because Nnamdi Kanu is in detention, but this has given Simon Ekpa the opportunity to claim that they've sold out.
Sometime ago Simon Ekpa claimed that all the people that claim to speak for Nnamdi Kanu are not really speaking for him. He said that Kanu is being detained by the DSS and so they don't really know what are his own thoughts and opinions and what are lies and tricks being used by the DSS to deceive people. Therefore, he claimed that the Biafran struggle is on autopilot. This has made people to nickname his supporters as "Autopiloters".
Just like Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa raises a lot of money anytime he does his broadcasts and part of that money is used to fund the ESN training camps and terrorist activities in the South-East. He often plays Nnamdi Kanu's speech in which Kanu endorsed Simon Ekpa and told people to listen to Ekpa, before his broadcasts.
The battle between Simon Ekpa and the DOS continues. This morning the DOS released a press statement that Simon Ekpa is not a member of Ipob. This was his response.
(The Autopiloters say that Simon Ekpa is the only reason that people are still talking about Biafra and Nnamdi Kanu. They say that the DOS has compromised and is ineffective. They say that the DOS is looking for political solution which will not work. They also say that they will not dialogue with government or anyone until Kanu is released).
DOS VS Autopiloters. Simon Ekpa replies IPOB Statement. Insists Sit-At-Home Continues.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has factionalised into two groups, the Directorate of State (DOS) headed by Chika Edoziem and the Autopiloters, headed by Simon Ekpa. Both groups have been engaged in a media war and the DOS faction recently wrote to the governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, to blame the Autopiloters for the sit-at-home order. The leader of the Autopiloters, Simon Ekpa has responded to the letter and he has accepted responsibility for enforcement of the sit-at-home orders.
Simon Ekpa @simon_ekpa
The expelled criminals are really trying so hard for Simon Ekpa to mention & address them. They’ve lost relevance in Biafra liberation & struggle, they are on their own,they can rant from today till next year. Biafrans are sitting at home every Monday to demand the release of MNK
Disregard the press statement coming from criminals and betrayal of Biafra. They are not actually trying to blackmail me rather their target is Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. But they will continue to vindicate us everyday and Biafrans will continue to see those that sold MNK to the zoo
The liberation and freedom of Biafra people from terrorists controlled and failed entity called Nigeria is a task that must be done. We are not backing down and allowing the government sponsored terrorism to destroy our future generation. We are in a mission to restore Biafra Rep
Freedom is expensive, it comes with a price and our people, the Indigenous People of Biafra are ready for anything to see Biafra restored back. Over 5million Biafrans lost their lives to hunger during the war. Nigeria committed crime against humanity and can never be forgotten
Those who used Biafra to scam our people are no longer part of Biafra liberation. They can cry us many rivers. Every Biafran must be very security conscious, we can never allow the gov sponsored terrorists in our land until Biafra is liberated and restored. North is burning
Discussion that is not about how to conduct referendum, free MNK, others in various Fulani prison in Nig is dead on arrival. There is still room for that, but MNK must be part of such meeting. Why would you waste time trying to stop sit at home when you already know the solution
naptu2: OK, I'll explain this. I'm not going to go too deep into details, but I'll provide enough explanation for you to understand. You can go back to the predictions I made in 2020 and 2021 for a better understanding of the situation.
Nnamdi Kanu was suddenly arrested in 2021 and his arrest threatened to put Ipob in a rudderless situation. Several decisions were therefore taken in order to keep the group active while Kanu was in detention.
One of the decisions was to get a new presenter for programmes on Radio Biafra. There was someone that Nnamdi Kanu had previously endorsed and asked his followers to listen to. That person was Simon Ekpa. He became the presenter on Radio Biafra and he made fiery and hate filled speeches just as Kanu had done before his arrest.
There was also a structure that was put in place to run the organisation in the absence of Kanu. That structure was the Directorate of State (DOS). The DOS was headed by Chika Edoziem.
As time went on, the DOS felt that Simon Ekpa had deviated from what they wanted him to do and so they sacked him from being a presenter on Radio Biafra. However, Simon Ekpa claimed that it was the DOS that had deviated from the Biafra restoration mission. There was an insane exchange of allegations between supporters of the DOS and supporters of Simon Ekpa. This is what I said that I won't go into. I'm not going to reproduce the allegations here, but you can find them yourself if you search the Internet (it's mainly about money, calling each other prostitutes, accusing each other of selling out and control of ESN). It was a serious war that mainly took place on the Internet, but sometimes also occurred on the streets.
Simon Ekpa is more social media savvy and he built up a huge amount of support. Apart from YouTube and Radio Biafra, members of the DOS do not actively use social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, but Simon Ekpa is everywhere. He is also an extreme extremist and and his threats, bigotry and fiery speeches appeals to some youths and so he developed a huge following. The DOS is trying to be a little more conciliatory because Nnamdi Kanu is in detention, but this has given Simon Ekpa the opportunity to claim that they've sold out.
Sometime ago Simon Ekpa claimed that all the people that claim to speak for Nnamdi Kanu are not really speaking for him. He said that Kanu is being detained by the DSS and so they don't really know what are his own thoughts and opinions and what are lies and tricks being used by the DSS to deceive people. Therefore, he claimed that the Biafran struggle is on autopilot. This has made people to nickname his supporters as "Autopiloters".
Just like Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa raises a lot of money anytime he does his broadcasts and part of that money is used to fund the ESN training camps and terrorist activities in the South-East. He often plays Nnamdi Kanu's speech in which Kanu endorsed Simon Ekpa and told people to listen to Ekpa, before his broadcasts.
The battle between Simon Ekpa and the DOS continues. This morning the DOS released a press statement that Simon Ekpa is not a member of Ipob. This was his response.
The violence in the East did not suddenly appear out of no where. I knew that it was coming when I watched this video in 2015.
Nnamdi Kanu went to the World Igbo Congress in the US in 2015 to ask for money to buy guns and bullets. I guess he needed the guns and bullets so that he could play ten-ten with Hausa-Fulani.
Of course his audience was shocked and they rightly questioned them about it, but he used the opportunity to spread hate for Hausa-Fulani and to create the idea that "Hausa-Fulani" was coming to get them, so they needed to buy guns and bullets in order to show love (the spin doctors will call it love) to the Hausa Fulani.
(Did you know that it was Hausa-Fulani that voted for Rochas Okorocha and not the people of Imo State? )
We need guns and we need bullets. I know we love life so much. To kill somebody is difficult for us, so to ask Igbo people that we need guns and we need bullets will be very very difficult for you to digest, but without it Hausa will overun us. They have succeeded in planting Rochas Okorocha in Imo State. One big massive problem we have. The same thing is about to happen in Akwa Ibom. If they succeed in triangulating, because in life everything is in triangles, if they get Owerri, if they take Uyo, if they take Igwe Ocha (Port Harcourt) then we are finished as a people. Completely gone as a race.
ajl: Go and tell your terrorist grand daddy in Aso Rock and his bandit boys in the forest. I know the British did this on behalf of the fulani terrorist government. How many fulani bandit has been arrested?
gidgiddy: I hope you remember that this thread is about Grandson and not Kanu? In this thread, people are comparing Grandson to Kanu, so its important to analyse the issue. I doubt very much if anyone would have charged Kanu to court for telling Igbos not to attend churches Pastored by Yorubas
But Grandson was charged to court for urging he fellow Yorubas to kill Igbos
So the question is, why is Kanu then more important to some of you just because he does not want his people to attend Yoruba pastored churches, over Grandson who wanted his fellow Yorubas to murder Igbos?
You brought up the issue of Kanu and I told you that when I created this thread I knew that some people will try to use it to excuse their favourite bigots, terrorists and hate merchants. I am not going to let you do that.
You were the one that asked people to show where Kanu incited anyone against anyone and I have shown you that many times, but you are trying to run away from it.
Is there anybody that said that what Adeyinka Grandson did is good? No. But you came here to try to say that what Kanu did is good. Can you defend your position instead of trying to run away from it?/
gidgiddy: You are the one doing the spin here. A lot of people love twisting what Nnamdi Kanu said. The complete video of what Nnamdi Kanu said is that if Yoruba Pastors could not do a good job of converting the more than half Yorubas who are musilms, to Christianity, then Igbos, who are majority Christians, would be fools to attend churches Pastored by Yorubas.
But Adeyinka Grandson on multiple occasions called for his fellow Yorubas to kill Igbos, sieze their property and chase Igbos out of the South West
Kanu's own was only not to go to Church
You have now taken to repeating things that have already been dealt with.
Are Yorubas the only people that are multi-religious? Why didn't he mention Igbo, American, British, etc. churches? Are they only Christian?
It's quite obvious that the only way that you can try and defend Nnamdi Kanu is to bring up his co-bigot, Adeyinka Grandson. If not, you won't be able to defend him.
Why can't you analyse Kanu's statements on its merits?
Why do you keep running from issue to issue and repeating issues that have already been dealt with.
Why can't you answer the question, If Kanu's problem was with Kumuyi, why did he have to bring up the Yoruba ethnic group?
Why did Kanu mention TB Joshua's ethnic group and not mention anybody else's ethnic group?
How can you say that telling someone that his is less than human just because of the ethnicity of his pastor is not inciting hatred against that ethnic group?
Will you try and answer the question this time or will you run and bring up another issue or mention Adeyinka Grandson?
gidgiddy: What is there to spin? Is deeper life church a tribe? Nnamdi Kanu said he was against Kumuyi coming to Aba for crusade, where did tribe come into this? 8f someone then calls Nnamdi Kanu to say he will kill Kumuyi, why blame Nnamdi Kanu?
You know that this issue has already been addressed on this thread. Just scroll back and read it rather than bringing it up again. Is TB Joshua the same as William Kumuyi? Why did he refer to TB Joshua by his ethnic group?
If he meant William Kumuyi and not his ethnic group, everybody knows that he would have said that anybody attending Deeper Life is less than human, but he didn't he addressed an ethnic group and you know it. You are trying to spin by pretending that he didn't say Yoruba pastor.
What he said was:
Anybody who has a Yoruba pastor is less than human. He is not fit to live. He is an slowpoke, and idiot.
He did not say
[Anybody who has a William Kumuyi as a pastor is less than human. He is not fit to live. He is an slowpoke, and idiot.
He mentioned Yoruba twice in that clip. He didn't mention Kumuyi once. If his problem was with Kumuyi, why bring in the Yoruba ethnic group into the discussion?
gidgiddy: But Nnamdi Kanu did not ask anyone to hate Yorubas, he only said that Igbos going to Yoruba led churches are fools
Now compare that to Grandson who urged Yorubas to kill Igbos, seize their properties and chase them out of the South West
I am not comparing anything to anything. Both of them are disgusting bigots, so don't try to spin this by bringing up Adeyinka Grandson. Let's analyse what Nnamdi Kanu said.
Are you really trying to say that telling someone that he is less than human because of the ethnicity of his pastor is not inciting hatred towards that ethnic group??
hammer567 and gidgiddy, I'll like you both to also spin this.
I guess he was professing love to Yorubas, right?
Okijajuju1: I was on a drive back from Aba yesterday with my Mum when the conversation we were having led to the mention of this Radio Biafra which is currently airing on FM 102.1 in most South South and South Eastern states. Last time I heard of this Radio Biafra, it was an Internet radio station that didn't have that much of a following to warrant any real concerns, however I was shocked to find out that they were now a terrestrial radio station with a Frequency Modular bandwidth. Anyways, I tuned in out of curiosity to find out what they were all about and that was when the hair on the back of my neck stood. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
For the entire period I was tuned into the station, it was back to back tirades against the current Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, raw undiluted anti-Semitic messages targeted mostly at the Yorubas, calls for the destruction of all Deeperlife Church posters, billboards and the burning and destruction of all Deeperlife churches in Aba and all Igbo Land, the stopping of any Deeperlife crusade from holding in Aba, calls for the Igbos to arm themselves pending when he (Nnamdi Kanu who was being referred to as director) would give the clarion call for the war to commence, calls for Igbos and the supporters of the Biafran cause to join their local chapter and contribute money to him (Nnamdi) to purchase arms to prosecute a war against the Government of Nigeria. The Nnamdi character freely spewed hate for Yorubas and Hausas, referred to Nigeria as a Zoo that they would destroy, e.t.c
At first, I just felt that this was a case of a Lunatic who seems to have found his way into a radio station, but my fears didn't rise until I heard the calls coming into the station from his growing followers. One of such callers actually said Hello Director, If Kumuyi steps into Aba, I WILL KILL HIM". Another caller said he was a technician of sorts and was willing to offer his services to help build a bomb to destroy Nigeria and the Nnamdi character took his number and promised to get in touch with him. The calls kept coming in and it was just caller after caller pledging support for the cause of this deranged man. It didn't matter that the Nnamdi Character sounded rude, arrogant and full of himself and obviously had a thirst for power, it didn't matter that he was insulting and disrespecting most of the callers who dialed in, more people kept calling.
Now my reason for starting this thread is to use this medium to bring the attention of the Government to the birth of a New Terrorist group in the South East.. I couldn't help but remember that this was exactly how the Boko Haram menace started, First it was just an Islamic preacher who was also doing Charity works and feeding his followers, then it grew into a militia that has cause the death of over 15,000 Nigerians and counting. Please those with the right connect should inform our security agencies. Whilst listening, most of the callers were reading out their phone numbers over the air and I was wondering if someone is noting down these numbers and placing taps on them and placing the owners on the terrorist watch list.
I would be honest and say that this Biafra Radio broadcast really troubled me. One of our workers who is a listener and was a follower only changed his views after I managed to explain to him the implications of what this Nnamdi Character was soliciting. The Nnamdi fellow is not hard to catch, below is a picture of him I pulled off of the Internet. And it seems he freely enters and leaves Nigeria as he pleases.
I really hope someone in a position of authority hears this message and acts on it fast before things get to the point where we now have to start doing damage control at which point many innocent lives would have been lost. Let's use the Lessons learnt from the Boko Haram case and the arrest and murder of Mohammed Yussuf to find a way of finding, arresting and shutting down this Terrorist Group. Today we may think it's just a radio broadcast, but if half the callers I heard were not just blowing hot. Air, then we must take this threat to National peace seriously.
gidgiddy: Now did Nnamdi Kanu incite anyone in that video? You people cut out what he said and posted the part you like. What Nnamdi Kanu actually said is that if Yoruba Pastors could not convert the many Yoruba muslims out there, to Christianity, then any Igbo man man attending a Church Pastored by a Yoruba man had to be a fool
Where is the racial hatred here?
Telling someone that he is less than human simply because of the ethnicity of his pastor is not inciting racial hatred?
Good God almighty! I have seen a lot of funny posts on Nairaland by people trying to defend the indefensible, but this is one of the funniest. Teaching you to hate someone because of his ethnicity??
Are all Americans Christians? Why didn't he mention American churches? Are all Igbo people Christians? Why didn't he mention Igbo churches?
hammer567: KUMUYI WAS THE TRIGGER, WHY NOT SHOW THE FULL BROADCAST.
YORUBA PASTOR IS NOT SAME AS YORUBA PEOPLE.
YORUBA PASTORS CAN BE CRITIQUED, JUST LIKE FULANI HERDSMEN.
Is TB Joshua also Kumuyi? Why is that third word present in this post? How come he mentioned TB Joshua's ethnic group and didn't mention anybody else's ethnic group.
Like I said, stop spinning. It's not doing you any good. Trying to deny what is plain and obvious is not a good look.
hammer567: KUMUYI WAS PREACHING ONE NIGERIA TO IGBO CONGREGATION.
SIMON EKPA IS DEALING WITH PASTORS IN THE EAST.
UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT IPOB, IF YOU CROSS THEM, THEY WILL COME FOR YOU.
GO AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO SOLUDO.
Is Kumuyi "Yoruba pastor"? Did Nnamdi Kanu mention Kumuyi in the video? Stop trying to spin, what he said was quite plain.
OEPHIUS: With the reported return of the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, some questions arise like if he will still preach hatred and still continue his disdain for Yorubas and Hausa/Fulanis.
The video below is just one example where he said Igbos should not attend Yoruba churches or churches headed by Yorubas.
OEPHIUS: With the reported return of the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, some questions arise like if he will still preach hatred and still continue his disdain for Yorubas and Hausa/Fulanis.
The video below is just one example where he said Igbos should not attend Yoruba churches or churches headed by Yorubas.
If gidgiddy had checked the link that I posted he would have seen the video in which Nnamdi Kanu said, "If your pastor is Yoruba you are worse than Boko Haram. You are an slowpoke. You are not fit to be a human being. If you are attending a Pentecostal church headed by a Yoruba, you are foolish. An slowpoke".
Why do you think he incited his followers to attack Kumuyi if he came to the East? Why do you think one of his followers (on Nnamdi Kanu's radio show) promised to kill Kumuyi?
Then he is asking me if William Kumuyi is a tribe.
Politics › Re: Governor Makinde to Sue Sahara Reporters Over False Reports About Book Contract by naptu2(op): 5:01pm On Apr 02, 2022
