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The Mai Yaki of Lokoja and a retired Permanent Secretary in Kogi state , Alhaji Aliu Lawal Jiya has appealed to the ICPC to prevail on the contractors that handled the construction of Lokoja fish modern market to come back and complete the installation of the major component of the project to enable people benefit from the laudable constituency project. ...

Umuahia – Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has approved the release of N6 billion for the completion of ongoing road projects within the first 100 days of his second term in office. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr. Onyebuchi Ememanka, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, to Newsmen in Umuahia on Monday. It said the state ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has forwarded to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), names of contractors who allegedly failed to execute projects they collected funds for. SERAP Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare confirmed this in a statement yesterday. He quoted Fashola’s letter thus: “Pow Technologies Limited, an Abuja-based company, was in 2014 awarded a contract ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has written to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, promising “to refer the request for details of alleged contractors and companies that collected money for electricity projects and failed to execute any of the projects to the Ministry’s agencies for necessary action and appropriate response.” Fashola’s latest response followed his ...

Local governments in the country need to be more proactive in the efforts towards housing provision in the country, the President, Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN), Mohammed Adamu, has said Adamu noted that despite all efforts by stakeholders towards reducing the country’s housing deficit, local governments had not lived up to their responsibilities. He stated that local government ...

The Anambra State Government says it has mobilised contractors with N10 billion to asphalt various road projects across the state before the rainy season. Governor Willie Obiano made the disclosure during an inspection of road projects leading to Amansea -Unizik Road, Awka on Tuesday. Mr. Obiano urged all contractors handling road projects in the state to accelerate work, as there ...

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, on Tuesday opened the bid by 20 contractors for the laying of asphalt clay on the varsity roads. The Vice-Chancellor who declared the bid open at the university acknowledged the interest shown by the contractors in the execution of the project. READ ALSO: Adeleke University alerts police over threat to demolish school He ...

The Minister of State for Works, Power and Housing, Mustapha Shehuri, has said the Federal Government does not have the financial capability to fund all road projects. Shehuri stated this while inspecting the Auchi-Okenne section of the Benin-Abuja Highway, where the contractor handling the road projects attributed the slow work on the road to insufficient fund. The Project Manager of ...

The recent collapse of a seven-storey building under construction in Woji GRA in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, tends to suggest that building collapse has become a recurring decimal in Nigeria. A four-storey building under construction in Jabi District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) collapsed two months ago leaving many with serious injuries, particularly the workers on site, ...

A civil society organisation, Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI) has stated that contractors have returned to continue work on two road projects in Kano and Adamawa States awarded by Federal Ministry of Works. Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI), working to promote citizens’ participation in Nigerian public audit through its Value for Money initiative, began advocacy on these projects in August ...