Posts falsely claim Nigeria’s Tinubu awarded $7 billion port contract to ally
Social media posts claimed that, during the trip, he awarded a $7 billion port contract without public bidding to his close ally, Gilbert Chagoury. However, the claim is false.
The MoU does not amount to a binding contract, and there is no evidence that Chagoury has a vested interest in the proposed project.
Why will the President award a contract worth $7 billion without any public bidding? No other company reportedly bid for the contract, yet it was awarded to the sam
Between August 30 and September 29, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu was on a 30-day working visit to Europe.
In it, a man who appears to match the X account’s profile picture begins by saying: “Now we know what our president is doing in France, Paris.” He then claims that “President Tinubu awarded $7