Contract Theft: Acting NIWA MD, Surveyor Adetola James Olawale, Flouted CCBT Act with Contract Racketeering

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Documents have revealed how Surveyor Adetola James Olawale, the acting managing director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has violated the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by soiling his hands in contract racketeering thereby violating the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act (CCBT) for public officers in the country.

The Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Acts state that public officials should not own or run a private company while employed as full-time staff. However, such laws do not apply if the company or business is in the farming sector. 

Perusing Govspend, a government portal that tracks and analyses federal government spending over time, it was discovered that James Olawale while serving as a staff of the National Inland Waterways Authority, used his company, ADAP CONSULT LIMITED to receive contracts worth ₦36,574,159.2

On December 2 2022, the Federal Ministry of Health – hqtrs paid the sum of ₦19,090,159.20 to ADAP CONSULT LIMITED for the the remodeling, equipment and computerization of accountIPPIS section at Federal Ministry of Health hqtrs Abuja 

On February 16 2023, the Federal Ministry of Health – hqtrs paid the sum of ₦17,484,000.00 to ADAP CONSULT LIMITED for the for procurement of fire-proof cabinets for use in the ministry.

Findings show that ADAP CONSULT LIMITED was registered on March 2009 with registration number 807265, in Illorin Kwara state. The office is located at No.2A, Ottinclose, Agbabiaka, Ilorin, Kwara.

The company has eight key directors/management personnel among whom is  Surveyor Adetola James Olawale, the acting managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority. Before emerging as the acting director of NIWA, he previously served as an Hydrographic Surveyor of NIWA