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Publisher (F.BA)
July 25, 2019
The House of Representatives has resolved to set upa committee to investigate abandoned projects of the Federal Government from1999 till date.
This followed a motion moved by Francis Uduyokduring the plenary session presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase inAbuja.
Leading the debate, Uduyok expressed dismay at thealarming number of abandoned projects awarded to contractors by differentgovernments, ministries, departments, agencies, commissions and boards since1999.
The lawmaker said the projects awarded wereestimated to be over 20,000 and payments of not less than 50 per cent amountingto billions of naira had been made in advance.
He said the abandoned projects included importantestablishments like dams, hospitals, buildings, bridges, steel companies androads.
The house expressed concern that the abandonedprojects contributed to the poor economic health of the country due toinflationary rate obtained when the projects had to be revived.