Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike has vowed to collect over N34 billion owed the FCT administration.
According to him, he would tie projects to IGR so that contractors would be paid yearly and projects would no longer be abandoned.
“Our budgeting system is too poor…so how will it work? Well, require your help too. Thank God I am the one to supervise this year’s budget. We will come to you, please don’t pursue us,” he said. He disclosed that N2 billion was approved for palliatives by President Bola Tinubu for FCT in the federal government’s subsidy programme and that his concern was transportation.
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