Local Contractors in Nigeria on Monday picketed the Ministry of Finance Headquarters in Abuja, protesting the delayed payment of executed projects.
According to a statement by the spokesperson of the contractors, Dandy Rowland, the ministry refused to pay them despite the approval of money by the Presidency to settle the liabilities. “The Minister of Finance through her SA Media told us that 18 Billion naira has been released to pay us, and announced to the whole world through Radio Nigeria Network News on 8th July 2020 that the Finance Ministry would pay local contractors between 7 to 14 days from the date of the announcement, this empty deceptive and unfulfilled promise heightened our pressure from our creditors after the expiration of the stipulated period yet the game continued.
“Therefore FG must pay us now, because if the reverse had been the case if we had collected government money without executing the projects, the government would have arrested and jailed us. This is Corruption of the highest order and it is unacceptable. Commenting on the protest, the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Yunusa Abdullahi, told PREMIUM TIMES that the ministry yesterday dialogued with the contractors.
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