GOMA: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have cleared the operations of Congo Business Solutions Services, a mining firm whose accounts had been frozen in May.
This website reported on May 19, 2024 on how the DRC government had blocked all transactions of the firm after its owners’ failed to compensate families of five people who died during mining operations on the 28th April, 2024.
Richard Yvon Tuema, one the Directors of the embattled company in that article said that they could not carry out any transaction until he clears $150,000 he owes the families of the deceased
“The authorities have raised a red flag on the company until they compensate the deceased families otherwise no transaction / business,” said one of the highly placed officials at the firm who asked not to be named for security reasons.
“The Goma /Government Authorities want Congo Business Solutions Services to compensate the families, failure to do so, the government authorities will confiscate, shut down operations of Congo Business Solutions Services in the DRC and issue a warrant of arrest for the directors of the said company” the source added”
The said firm issued a ICGLR-1700871-2024 to one of its customers who has not received the goods paid up for.
New development
This publication has learnt that this suspension which caused the firm to lose billions of dollars have been cleared.
“The firm now operates freely because they cleared all debts that were being demanded and ironed out all the pending issues,” one of officials in the DRC government who preferred not to be named said.
Sources in this firm confirmed this development which they said have unlocked billions.
Tuema did not pick our repeated calls, we however learnt that he will release a press statement on the same.
