The Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts has frowned at what it described as lopsided payment to local contractors.
The Chairman of the committee, Shehu Sani, made the remark when the Ministry of Finance and Debt Management Office appeared before the committee for their budget defence.
Sani expressed concern that the debt repayment to a contractor from a particular region of the economy was more than all others put together.
He further noted that there were complaints that some local contractors who executed projects recently were allegedly being considered for payment, while some who were owed for about 10 years were not considered.
He requested for explanation from the Ministry of Finance on the criteria used in carrying out such payment.
He asked the ministry to submit documents on amount paid to contractors and comprehensive evidence and list of payment from 2016 to date and other payments made for the committee to study.
