REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, the Tender Committee Tel/Fax: 234-90-407455 Dear sir, Request For Urgent Business Relationship We are members of the Tender Committee appointed by the Federal Government of Nigeria to approve contract award/payment of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF). The PTF is a dedicated account, set up by the Nigerian Government, whereby a certain percentage of income derived from crude oil export by the Federal Government is set aside for the purpose of ameliorating the sufferings of the oil-producing communities. This aim is achieved by the provision of good roads, pipe borne water, electricity, hospital, school, e.t.c. Other purposes include the rehabilitation of projects whose uses are directly for the benefit of the masses such as maintenance of oil installation in the country. Our duties include the evaluation, vetting and approval for payment of contract jobs done for the PTF. On the 10 of February 1996, this Committee awarded a contract to the consortium of Abblummus, J.G.C. Corporation of Japan, Bouygues Offshore, and a joint venture of Spitbbatignoles and Fougeuerlle to a total value of US$600 Million for the procurement of engineering equipment and the construction of several projects in Nigeria. My colleagues and I decided to over-inflate the contract sum to the value of US$621.4 Million, with the intention of sharing the US$21.4 Million amongst ourselves. The Federal Government has subsequently approved the amount of US$621.4 Million to this Committee as the contract sum. The sum of US$321.4 Million has been approved for the disbursement to the foreign companies concerned as the mobilisation fee for the contract. However, as the companies concerned are only entitled to a total contract value of US$600 Million, we intend to transfer the surplus of US$21.4 Million abroad into a safe and reliable account to be shared amongst ourselves with our share to be used in funding an