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Reps summon N-Delta Minister over East-West Road contract agreement
Members of the House of Representatives committee on Public Accounts, yesterday gave a 48-hour ultimatum to Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to make available the contract agreement and all financial details relating to the dualization of East-West Road in Rivers State.
The committee’s action is based on Auditor-General of the Federation’s query of 2013 which allegedly indicted the ministry on N323 billion contract sum disbursement.
The committee had, at an interactive session with officials of the ministry, led by its Permanent Secretary, Mr. William Alo, claimed that the ministry had been denying lawmakers the opportunity to sight the project’s contract agreement and relevant documents pertaining to release of funds, current state of contract and outstanding payments.
The committee, in its last meeting, had demanded for the documents which the ministry had allegedly been reluctant to forward to the committee, even as Mr Alo claimed that the agreement was within his ministry’s reach.
Vanguard, January 17, 2017
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