LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Some cabinet ministers and other Agriculture Ministry officials are said to be forcing the Treasury to pay MK70 billion in a shady deal with EastBridge.
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture Sameer Suleiman made the allegation in an engagement meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture officials.
Suleiman alleges that the ministry has signed a new contract with East Bridge despite the company being involved in fraudulent deals.
He said, “The committee is surprised to have information that government officials want to make this deal which he said means stealing from Malawians because the then minister of finance Sosten Gwengwe announced it would be scraped off”.
The chairperson therefore asked the ministry to stop processing the MK6 billion payment to Lilongwe University Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), allegedly for consultancy services for mega-farms sensitization.
He further asked the ministry to stop the MK2 trillion deal with the Nyasa manufacturing company on tobacco procurement.
Agriculture Ministry’s Principal Secretary (PS) responsible for irrigation services Geoffrey Mamba denied knowledge of these issues, and asked to consult more.
The ministry officials however promised the committee to come up with the feedback on fraud claims week Friday.
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