Reps Demand Details Of ₦2.4tn Payment To Contractors

The House of Representatives has mandated the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamsudeen Ogunjimi, to supply a broad spreadsheet detailing payments made to contractors arsenic portion of the ₦2.4 trillion approved by the authorities for task implementation.

The directive follows confirmation by the Office of the Accountant-General that astir ₦2.4 trillion had been approved for disbursement to contractors.

Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee connected Budget Implementation, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, gave the directive aft a high-level gathering with the Association of Indigenous Contractors of Nigeria successful Abuja connected Sunday.

According to a connection by the Deputy Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, the House besides tasked contractors with ensuring the authenticity of executed projects, informing against receiving payments for incomplete oregon fictitious work.

“Government is not paying for a portion of insubstantial oregon a Certificate of Completion erstwhile jobs person not been decently done,” Kalu warned. “It would beryllium wicked to assertion a infirmary has been built erstwhile radical are dying owed to deficiency of entree to healthcare.”

The committee was established pursuing nationalist protests by contractors implicit delayed payments.

At the archetypal gathering held connected September 4, 2025, a impermanent solution was reached, starring to 25 per cent of payments being made to the contractors.

Sunday’s gathering served arsenic a follow-up appraisal of compliance with the agreed terms.

During the session, the Director of Funds successful the Accountant-General’s bureau confirmed that ₦2.4 trillion had been approved, with lone ₦160 cardinal yet to beryllium paid.

He besides revealed that the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, had approved an further ₦760 cardinal for warrant and currency backing for the remaining months, bringing the full disbursement to astir ₦3.1 trillion.

Kalu commended the authorities for taking decisive enactment contempt Nigeria’s ongoing economical challenges.

“Approving implicit ₦3 trillion for contractor payments wrong 8 months of this medication is simply a important measurement successful the close direction. It shows the authorities is listening,” helium said.

Kalu nevertheless directed Office of the Accountant-General to merchandise elaborate outgo records to verify the contractors’ claims by the House.

“It’s not a bully representation for the authorities if ₦2.4 trillion has been paid and contractors are inactive protesting successful the streets. We request to lucifer names to payments and corroborate that those paid really delivered connected projects,” helium said.

He further cautioned contractors against short-changing the authorities and the nationalist by submitting incomplete oregon substandard work.

“The rule is clear: fto him who worked beryllium paid. But we indispensable besides guarantee that what is being paid for genuinely serves the people. No much ‘monkey dey work, baboon dey chop.’”

The adjacent appraisal gathering has been scheduled for October 5, 2025, wherever some parties volition supply updates connected advancement made.