Reps request evidence of N2.4trn payment to contractors

The House of Representatives has asked the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to tender grounds of N2.4 trillion paid to contractors arsenic approved by the Federal Government.

The Deputy Speaker, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, made this known successful an interrogation with newsmen aft a gathering with section contractors successful Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gathering was portion of bid of engagements by the location to intervene and code the lingering protestation of contractors implicit unpaid funds for contracts executed.

The lawmaker said that the request became indispensable arsenic immoderate section contractors complained of not being paid outstanding debts.

“We invited the bureaucrats, they said, yes, they person astir N2.4 trillion that was approved for outgo and retired of this amount; they person paid up, leaving lone N160 cardinal unpaid.

“It is commendable by this authorities to person approved specified an magnitude of money, it is simply a large measurement towards the close absorption and I convey the President done the Minister of Finance.

“They affirmed an other N760 cardinal approved to instrumentality attraction of what is outstanding, which volition the full to astir N3.1 trillion.

“But I sent a wide complaint to the Accountant-General’s bureau to springiness america the spreadsheet of those they person paid; we request to spot however the authorities has paid N2.4 trillion and spot radical who are inactive lasting connected the sheet.

He said not clearing this is not giving the authorities a bully image.

“How tin we wage N2.4 trillion into the strategy and the aforesaid contractors are connected the street? So, we privation to verify and analyse to cognize whether these are the radical who are paid, oregon the radical who are claiming that they person worked.

“I besides gave a wide complaint to the contractors to guarantee that what the authorities is paying for a occupation good done.

“We told them it would beryllium wickedness to assertion that a infirmary has been built and lives are being mislaid due to the fact that determination is nary infirmary to be to people, that schools person been built erstwhile students are learning nether trees, that roads, workplace roads, person been built erstwhile post-harvest demolition is inactive connected the summation due to the fact that determination is nary mode to bring those things to cities,” helium said.

He assured Nigerians that the National Assembly would proceed to enactment unit connected the enforcement to honour its obligations portion besides holding contractors accountable for prime work delivery.

(NAN)

The station Reps petition grounds of N2.4trn outgo to contractors appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.