The Senate, Thursday, ordered for
the immediate deportation SAMSUNG Managing Director, Young Ho Jo, back to South
Korea by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.
Senator Solomon Adeola, chairman
of the Senate ad-hoc committee probing the over $16.35 billion Egina Oil Field
Project made this disclosure.
Adeola, who represents Lagos West
senatorial district, explained that the illegality of the South Korean
residency was found out while scrutinizing his papers with other operators of
the Egina field Project.
In his words, “Mr Young Ho Jo who
has been working for the past two months in Nigeria as the managing director of
Samsung without fulfilling legal requirements for such told us that he couldn’t
complete his documentation as a result of alleged breakdown of machines of the
Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board (NCMDB)
“But the NCMBD wrote to us that
their machine never broke down in the period claimed showing that the man has
contravened the Local Content law
“Going by recommendations made by
this committee to the Senate and resolution adopted, MD SAMSUNG is no longer
recognised on account of improper documentation as shown by papers he
presented.
“To the Senate and this
committee, SAMSUNG MD is an illegal immigrant who must be deported by the
Nigerian Immigration Service, to which a letter to that effect has been
forwarded to the Ministry of Interior.
“He can, however, come back to
the country through proper documentation thereafter,” he said.
Besides, the South Korean was
also said to have violated the Local Content Act by spending $1.6bn out of the
$3.5bn contract SAMSUNG got from $16.35bn Egina Oil Field Project.
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