but not yet executed before he assumed Office, and part of his Mandate was to ensure that the Execution was high priority. He tendered Certified Documents into evidence with a suspended Objection, which was not subsequently addressed, as follows: D. A Certified Letter from Pinnacle addressed to the Governor of Plateau State dated the 5th of March 2002 as Exhibit D30; E. A Letter from the Governor of Plateau State signed by the General Manager of PRTV dated the 9th of April 2002 as Exhibit D31; F. A Letter from Harris Systems Limited addressed to Government House in Jos dated the 30th of May 2001 as Exhibit D32. This Letter had attachments, namely: - A Memo written from the Secretary to the State Government to the State Governor dated the 30th of May 2001 and another Letter from Pinnacle Communications Limited to the Governor of Plateau State dated the 25th of May 2001, and finally, a Letter written from PRTV to the Governor of Plateau State dated the 6th of June 2001. This Project was of high priority due to the situation of unrest prevalent in the State, which occurred based on misinformation and the provision of this Equipment quelled the unrest, in that there was now real time information to the Entire State. Usually, Request for Payment comes from the Agency where it is executed, and these Payments are made based on Approval by the Governor and subject to the availability of Funds. The Office of the Commissioner for Finance would definitely play a role in the Payment. Shown Exhibit D26A- the Letter of Award, he confirmed it was the State Tenders Board that awarded the Contract, and the Board consists of Members from the Ministry of Finance, but could not say whether the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary was also a Member. From this Exhibit D26B, DW13 stated that Mr. Dabel collected the Letter of Award and had pledged to collect the sum of N45, 000 from Pinnacle Communications. According to him, this clearly was an indication that Pinnacle did not pay for either the Tender and Communication Fee or Registration Fee. It was his belief that sighting the Letter of Award was Proof of a Subsisting Contract as well as the responsibility of his Subordinates to generate a Contract Agreement, setting out the Terms of the Contract. However, on the face of Exhibit D26A, he could not say when the Contract was to be concluded, nor could he say the Terms and Conditions of the Contract or Payments for the Contract. On his assumption to Office as Commissioner, he prioritised the expansion of the PRTV in order to reach the grassroots with real time information and had received briefings from his Parastatals, which informed him on the Awarded Contract. It was for the Manufacturer to assemble the Equipment, after which an Inspection would take place and then Installation. From the Letter of Award, it was his Ministry, as Representative of Plateau State Government, that would enter into a Contract with Pinnacle Communications. Shown Exhibits D30, D31 and D32, he stated that none of these Exhibits were minuted to him or the Ministry of Information but he had secured them upon a Request to Mr. Japheth, the General Manager of PRTV. DW14, Honourable Aminu Agwan Zang, a Businessman, who had served in elective and non-elective positions in Plateau State testified in Chief that he knew the Direct Labour Agency, when as Special Assistant to the Governor, it was his duty to go round some of the high impact Projects and gave 122