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Unpaid Sums: Over 5,000 Aggrieved Contractors Plan To Occupy Abuja

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“…we’re suffering, dying” More than 5,000 frustrated local contractors, under the group Concerned Contractors Owed by the Federal Government of Nigeria 2024 Capital Projects, have threatened to occupy Abuja over unpaid funds for completed government contracts. This

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FG issues three months delivery deadline to road contractors

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BY UKPONO UKPONG The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has given the contractors handling the 260 emergency projects awarded by President Bola Tinubu, a deadline of three (3) months to complete and deliver the projects as required by the Standard Conditions of Contract of the Federal Ministry of Works or face contract termination. This […]

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Delta threatens to sack contractors over slow project execution

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2020 0

The Delta state government on Friday, threatened to sack the contractors handling the 1.5km Kwale/ Beneku Bridge and the Asaba Ughelli Highway if at the end of the second quarter of the year the projects are not completed. The contractors (names withheld) had told the state government that the slow pace of work was informed […]

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Imo: Contractors did not sign contract agreement under Okorocha – Aide

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2020 0

The member representing Ideato North and South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rep. Paschal Obi has disclosed that contractors did not sign contract agreements in most of the contracts awarded by the Okorocha administration. Speaking at the resumed sitting of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Contracts awarded in Imo state between June […]

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Uzodinma gives contractors 72 hours ultimatum

Ihesiulo Grace 5 February 2020 0

The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, has given contractors handling roads projects to return to site in 72 hours or have their contracts terminated. According to his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, he said the governor Uzodinma frowned at a situation where the road contractors who had collected mobilization fees from Government abandoned projects. Nwachukwu

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Gov Ugwuanyi tasks contractors on speedy completion of projects

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2018 0

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has mandated contractors handling various government projects in the state to ensure that they continue to deliver quality jobs and adhere to the contract completion period. Gov. Ugwuanyi, who spoke through his deputy, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, when she paid unscheduled visits to some ongoing projects for inspection, reiterated the […]

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Abandoned projects: Group urges Obaseki to sanction defaulting contractors

Ihesiulo Grace 8 August 2018 0

A civil society group under the aegis of Talakawa Parliament (TP), on Tuesday, called on Edo State government to allow the Ministry of Justice press criminal charges against contractors who abandoned their projects in the state to serve as deterrent to other public office holders that want to toe the same line of corruption. This […]

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FG moves to block revenue leakages by contractors

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2018 0

Following the discovery of N100 billion tax revenue shortfall by contractors in the country, 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 directive was handed down on Tuesday in Abuja by the Minister […]

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N100bn revenue shortfall: FG orders contractors to show TIN before payment

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2018 0

….Moves to block revenue leakages by contractors 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 FG’s directive was handed down on Tuesday in Abuja, by the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun […]

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Why we’re embarking on thorough oversight of contractors – Delta Assembly

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2017 0

The Delta State House of Assembly has said that it will extend thorough oversight to all contractors handling state projects with a view to ensuring execution and completion as at and when due. The House had also directed the management of DEUX Construction Company to appear before its Committee on Works on Wednesday, January 10, […]

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CFAO commissions FUSO assembly plant in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 23 November 2017 0

The CFAO group, with its subsidiary CFAO Equipment, the sole distributor of the FUSO brand in Nigeria, in conjunction with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, has commissioned a FUSO assembly plant at its Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos, facility. The inauguration took place with the

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Delta SUBEB warns contractors against use of substandard building materials

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2017 0

The Chairman of the Delta State Universal Basic Education Board, Hon. Sunny Ogwu has warned contractors awarded various school projects under the 2016 Universal Basic Education Commission/Delta State Universal Basic Education Board Intervention Projects against the use of substandard building materials and poorly executed jobs. Hon. Ogwu handed down the warning while

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Dualisation of Benin-Auchi road: Edo Speaker threatens sanctions against contractors

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2017 0

The Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Adjoto, has directed contractors Dantata and Sonwe, Rynold Construction Company (RCC) and Mother Cat handling the dualisation of Benin Auchi-Ekpoma-Lokoja Road to appear unfailingly before the House on Monday, October 16, 2017. The Speaker who gave the directive at the resumption of plenary of the […]

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FG okays payment of N2.7trn to contractors, employees liabilities

Ihesiulo Grace 13 July 2017 0

The federal government has approved the Ministry of Finance’s proposed validation process and promissory note and debt issuance programme to resolve a number of inherited and long outstanding Federal Government obligations to contractors, State governments and employees totaling N2.7 trillion. Obligations accumulated over the last two decades to be paid through bond and

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Contractors that executes shoddy jobs to be blacklisted – Okowa

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2017 0

To ensure that projects are delivered on time and according to specifications, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has intensified inspection of projects, saying any contractor who executes shoddy jobs would be blacklisted. Addressing Journalists Wednesday at Ovwian, Governor Okowa assured that his administration was committed to executing projects which will

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Synagogue: Court fixes January 19 for trial of contractors, engineers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2016 0

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has fixed January 19, 2017 for continuation of trial of the contractors and engineers involved in the construction of a guest house belonging to Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) which collapsed on September 12, 2014 and killed 116 persons.    The Lagos State Government is prosecuting the SCOAN […]