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

LAGOS DMO INSPECTS BLUE RAIL LINE PROJECT.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.




LAGOS DMO INSPECTS BLUE RAIL LINE PROJECT


The Permanent Secretary, Debt Management Office, Mrs. Rukayat Alake Sanusi, has inspected the progress of work on the Blue Rail Line project in anticipation of a visit by the members of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Trustees.

Speaking during the inspection tour, Mrs. Sanusi said the project, initially funded with Bonds, was further funded with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Intervention Programme and Real Sector Support Facility Differentiated Cash Reserve Requirement (RSSF-DCRR) for the financing of the Blue as well as the Red Line Rail Projects.

Her words: “Although the project was at inception funded with Bonds issued by Lagos State. The innovative financing option was used by Lagos State to kickstart the Lagos Rail Mass Transit, a major component of the Lagos State Strategic Master Plan (STMP). The facility was obtained at a single-digit concessionary loan for a 10-Year tenor. Lagos State was the first Sub-National to access this lending window”, the Permanent Secretary stated. 

Mrs. Sanusi also expressed satisfaction with the progress of work done so far on the project, maintaining that the project will be delivered on schedule.
 

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