EDO State Government is currently owing contractors handling different road projects across the State a whopping N28,197,752,833,50 billion, the commissioner for Infrastructure, Mr Osahon Abraham Amiolemen has disclosed.
Amiolemen who spoke yesterday in Benin during the ongoing ministerial briefing at the State House of Assembly said that between January and September 2018, the state government awarded N52,814,329,790,39 billion road contracts out of which a total of N31,340,800,056,56 billion have also been paid to contractors.
According to him, the sum of N13,963,738,463,56 billion was allocated to the ministry in the 2018 budget, the sum of N11,905,679,257,66 billion has been accessed leaving a balance of N2,058,059,206,90 billion.
He also added that over 200 Kilometres of roads have been awarded by the state government in the period under review across the three senatorial…
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