Politics
‘We want more information on corrupt contractors’
The details of some alleged corrupt contractors sent by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has been confirmed by the human rights group.
According to the Deputy Director of SERAP, Kolawole Oluwadare, in a statement issued on Sunday, the minister forwarded some documents from some of the ministry’s agencies
He said the document forwarded by Fashola provided some level of details regarding the names of contractors that allegedly collected money for electricity projects but failed to execute any projects after getting advance payment.
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“We welcome Mr Fashola’s latest response and the information regarding Pow technologies limited. But we need details of names of other contractors that have collected public funds yet failed to execute power projects.
“We will continue to push the ministry and its agencies to reveal more details of alleged corrupt contractors and companies,” the statement read in part.
Recall that SERAP had in February 2019, filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking “an order of mandamus directing Mr Fashola to provide specific details on the names and whereabouts of the contractors who collected public funds meant for electricity projects but never executed them.”
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