Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has revealed that the immediate past administration of Bello Matawalle embezzled over N6.7 billion from the abandoned
In a statement yesterday issued in Gusau, the state capital, the spokesperson to the governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, disclosed that the government was shocked to discover that the Matawalle’s administration substantial mismanagement of the abandoned Zamfara Cargo Airport project.
By in a swift reaction, the All Progressives Congress spokesperson and an associate of Matawalle, Yusuf Idris, dismissed the allegations, saying it was baseless and unfounded.He said the cargo airport project was an inherited project by Matawalle’s administration. “Furthermore, evaluations carried out by four different independent firms of experts and relevant agencies of government have shown that the total value of work done is N2,249,636,040.73, representing 19.47% overall.
“The committee concluded that the contractors were no longer interested in executing and completing the project, taking into cognisance the fraudulent ways the project has been carried out, because the project’s life span had elapsed, and the contractor did neither attempt nor show any intention to apply for an extension of time to continue with the work.”
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