African Development Bank suspends Ogon-Asu Company Limited and Mr. William Tuku Ogon for 15 months for fraudulent and obstructive practices | African Development Bank

The African Development Bank Group announces a 15-month lockout of Ogon-Asu Company Ltd on March 9, 2023. and its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. William Tuku Ogon, effective February 24, 2023. Ogon-Asu Company Ltd. is a construction company registered in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

An investigation conducted by the bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption determined that Ogon-Asu Company Ltd. involved in fraudulent practices during a tender for the Supply of equipment and construction of axle load scales/weighing stations along Enugu-Abakaliki-Mbok (Ogoja Junction) – Ikom-Mfum Road in Nigeria, part of the Transport Facilitation Program for the Bamenda-Mamfe-Ekok/Mfum-Abakaliki-Enugu Road Corridor in Cameroon and Nigeria. The inquiry further established that Mr. William Tuku Ogon engaged in an obstructive practice during the course of the investigation.

The Bamenda-Mamfe-Ekok/Mfum-Abakaliki-Enugu Road Corridor Transport Facilitation Program is expected to increase trade and strengthen cooperation between the countries of the Central African States and those of the Economic Community of West African States at large , and between Cameroon and Nigeria in particular.

During the exclusion period, Ogon-Asu Company Ltd., its affiliates and Mr. William Tuku Ogon are not eligible to participate in Bank Group funded operations and activities.

After the expiration of the exclusion period, Ogon-Asu Company Ltd., its affiliates and Mr. William Tuku Ogon are only eligible to resume participation in African Development Bank Group funded operations and activities after implementing an integrity program in accordance with with the Bank’s Guidelines.

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