Tag: Contractors
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List of more defaulting high profile contractors coming soon – NDDC
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has said it would soon release another list of defaulting high profile contractors. It said the list in circulation was just that of 2018, saying that the list of 2019 had not been released yet and that when it is released, people would be shocked. Acting Executive Director, Projects,…
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Niger Delta Crisis: Contractors threaten to burn down NDDC facilities over N2.6M debt
From Jonas Ike, Abuja The Niger Delta region of Nigeria may be in for another round of crisis as contractors to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC has threatened to vandalize all the facilities installed by it in the region unless they are paid. At the resumed investigative hearing of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc…
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Bauchi ex-Gov. admits paying N8.5bn to contractors two days to handing over
Immediate-past Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, on Tuesday, admitted before the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he paid N8.5 billion on May 27, two days before handing over power. Abubakar, however, told the court that the money was paid to contractors, who he claimed executed various infrastructural contracts for the state under his…
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Lagos releases N5.5bn to contractors for 181 inner roads
…Project to be delivered within six months The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it has released the sum of N5.563billion to contractors to flag off the construction of the 181 roads spread across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the State. In a statement by the State’s Commissioner…
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N100bn revenue shortfall: FG orders contractors to show TIN before payment
…Moves to block revenue leakages by contractors …To undertake compliance spot checks on MDAs The Federal Government has ordered vendors of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to display their Tax Identification Numbers (TINs) on their invoices before payments are effected by the MDAs. The Federal Government’s directive was handed down on Tuesday in Abuja by…
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FG approves use of promissory notes to offset contractors, states’ debts
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved promissory notes for offsetting the debts owed contractors and state governments. This was revealed by the Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun to State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. With her were Federal Capital…
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Building collapse: NSE blames agencies, contractors
The Imo chapter of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has blamed regulatory agencies and Owerri Capital Development Agency (OCDA) for incessant building collapse in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that two three storey buildings under construction collapsed at Obinze and Umuguma, both in Owerri West Local Government Area, on Tuesday and…
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Stop bribing project supervisors, FG warns contractors
The Federal Government on Friday warned contractors against bribing controllers and engineers overseeing projects. Hammering the stance of the Federal Government against bribery, Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Alhaji Mustapha Shahuri, said most jobs get poorly delivered because contractors compromise standards and the supervisors who are supposed to raise alarm have been…
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We’ll pay road contractors based on quality of job delivery – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that henceforth contractors handling federal roads in the country will be paid according to their performance on the job. Fashola made this known when he inspected work on sections two and three of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, covering the Umuahia-Lokpanta-Enugu axis. He said…