LAGOS COURT JAILS NOGASA CHAIR, FATUYI PHILLIPS 21 YEARS FOR N43. 5M FRAUD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Lagos Court Jails NOGASA Chair, Fatuyi Phillips 21 Years  for N43.5m Fraud    Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud.   The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned Philips alongside his firm, Oceanview Oil and Gas Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N43, 502,000.00   Count one reads: "Fatuyi Yemi Philips and Oceanview Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, on or about the 28th day of September, 2016 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of N43, 502,000.00 from Elochukwu Okoye and Elebana Unique Ventures Nigeria Limited on behalf of WAPCIL Nigeria Limited under the false rep

PATRONIZING MADE IN NIGERIA GOODS WILL HELP PROMOTE OUR FIGHT AGAINST CRIMINALITIES – INTERIOR MINISTER.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: 5 people, people sitting and indoor                      Patronizing made in Nigeria goods has been identified by the Interior Minister as one of the Security measures capable of deepening the fight against terrorism and sundry criminalities in Nigeria.
Lt General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Rtd) made this assertion in Abuja, while playing host to a delegation of “Buy Nija Promoters” that was led by the Hon. Minister of State, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment Hajiya Aisha Abubakar. The host Minister reiterated the need for defense and security institutions to buy uniforms, accoutrements and other operational materials manufactured in the country in order to encourage local entrepreneurship. He noted the existence of credible industrial establishments in the country with expertise in the manufacturing of security uniforms and hardware as no nation can advance its defense and security infrastructure without building indigenous competency in related industrial base.
Speaking further General Dambazau said the dwindling commodity prices globally has made it more expedient for a growing nation like Nigeria to be self reliant in providing basic logistic for its security personnel. He reassured of his willingness to encourage the security agencies under the Ministry of Interior to patronize Made in Nigeria products in order to derive more value for money and boosting the nation’s economy as well as saving foreign exchange.
He noted further that a proactive security framework is a catalyst for development, and that the Ministry of Interior and its agencies will key into the Federal Government’s Executive Order No 003 on Patronizing Made in Nigeria Products, with it attendant benefits of boosting economic growth, creating employment opportunities, while reducing youth restiveness and it attendant crime pull-factor to that part of Nigeria’s demography
The visiting Minister of State, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubarkar while thanking the host Minister for his commitment to support local entrepreneurship, said the strength of patronage of the Ministry and it agencies will make significant impact in the federal government’s drive to encourage the growth of Nigeria’s production capacity.
EHISIENMEN OSAIGBOVO
Press Secretary, to the Honourable Minister of Interior.
August 1,2017.
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