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From: usman galadema <galadema_11@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:29:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM DEPUTY GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR
INTERNATIONAL
REMITTANCE, TELEX AND CREDIT UNIT
DIRECT TEL: 234 838470626
Dear,Sir,
RE: FINAL
TRANSFER OF YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT
The Senate committee on foreign
payment in its last meeting with the governor central bank of Nigeria
gave a final approval for the immediate payment of all the foreign
contractors who for long executed their contract in Nigeria without
receiving their contract payment.
In view of this present development,
we wish to inform you that your contract fund has been stated for
immediate remittances but action is on your contract payment following
a change of account application filled in by one Mr. George Adams with
the new account details as follows:
Hong-Kong Shan ghazi bank corps
Grand-London England:
Beneficiary: George Adams: Account NO: 001-229-
221:
This account information which was submitted by George Adams did
not come with VALID POWER OF ATTORNEY, it is this issue that compelled
me to contact you so as to receive confirmation from you on the change
of account.
If this change of account was authorized by you, it has
to be written in company letter headed paper stamped and signed by you;
Reconfirming to me the following.
1. That the application for the
change of beneficiary was done with your consent.
2. That the said fund
should be transferred into the above account.
This have to be done
immediately because we will not entertain any enquire from your so
called agent who came to this office demanding your contract payment by
cashier cheque, telegraphic transfer or certified bank draft: If in the
alternative you did not permit any body to effect such a change of
account, authenticate your disapproval to this office in your letter
headed paper with all the contract and account details clearly stated.
This is to enable us avoid errors in the transferring of this fund.
Central bank of Nigeria will not be held responsible for any wrong
information given to us. You are expected to contact this office on the
above telephone and or e-mail and reply this message to tund_lemocbn@yahoo.com as soon as you
receive it.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Tunde Lemo
Deputy Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Tel:+ 234838470626
Web Site: www.
cenbank.org
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