General Gaafow subsequently told the Monitoring Group that the Minister of Finance asked him to sign the agreement, and that he &quot; did not know MTI and had never met with them before signing the agreement.”[194] Nevertheless, he claimed that he knew the project would be better off with MTI, even though the TFG had conducted no prior evaluation of either company.[195]
General Gaafow subsequently told the Monitoring Group that the Minister of Finance asked him to sign the agreement, and that he &quot; did not know MTI and had never met with them before signing the agreement.”[194] Nevertheless, he claimed that he knew the project would be better off with MTI, even though the TFG had conducted no prior evaluation of either company.[195]