A senior official of Avant Garde Maritime Security Service says the delay in implementing several projects undertaken by the company with the Nigerian government would deprive Sri Lanka from receiving billions of forex revenue.
The official explained that the company is scheduled to commence four security projects in Nigeria that would bring a revenue of US$ 1.35 billion to Sri Lanka.
These projects are also estimated to grant employment to 6,000 Sri Lankans at a minimum monthly salary of US$ 2,500.
According to the official, while Avant Garde Chairman, Major (Retd) Nissanka Senadhipathi has last month signed an agreement for one of the projects in Nigeria, there are still three more projects to be finalized.
However, courts last week denied a request by Senadhiptahi for permission to travel to Nigeria to finalize the rest of the projects.
Courts had refused permission for Senadhipathi to travel overseas since the case on the controversial floating armory case was still being heard.
“The last time courts granted permission to Chairman Senadhipathi to travel to Nigeria to sign the first project, he returned to the country even before the end of the period granted to him by courts,” the Avant Garde official said.
Meanwhile, former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday claimed that the parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises was aware of the floating armory and Avant Garde’s involvement in it.
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