Reps Direct Accountant-General To Submit ₦2.4trn Contractors’ Payment Details

House of Representatives has mandated the accountant-general of the federation, Shamsudeen Ogunjimi, to supply a broad spreadsheet connected payments to contractors arsenic portion of the ₦2.4 trillion approved by the authorities for task implementation.

The bid followed the Office of the Accountant-General’s confirmation that astir ₦2.4 trillion had been approved for disbursement to the contractors.

The directive was issued by the lawman talker and president of the Ad-Hoc Committee connected Budget Implementation, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, aft a gathering with the Association of Indigenous Contractors of Nigeria successful Abuja connected Sunday.

In a connection issued yesterday by Kalu’s main property secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, the House besides tasked the 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 said. “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 the 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. Sunday’s gathering was a follow-up appraisal of compliance with the agreed terms.

During the session, the manager 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 curate of Finance, Wale Edun, had approved an further ₦760 cardinal for warrant and cash-backing for the remaining months, bringing the full disbursement to astir ₦3.1 trillion.

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