Tag: Project delivery tracker

FG’s 2022 Budget: ‘No-Show contractors’ receive N8.6bn on unexecuted projects – Report

Aminu Imam

A public expenditure tracking platform, Tracka, has uncovered how N8.6 billion was paid to ‘no-show contractors’ in the 2022 Federal Government budget. A press statement issued by BudgIT, signed by the Head, Tracka, Ayomide Ladipo, revealed that the contractors were allegedly paid for projects that were either not executed or were poorly executed. “We uncovered N8.6bn payments to 26 ‘No-Show Contractors’ for 19 projects across nine States in the FG 2022 Budget. Nothing has been done on the site to date,” Tracka said, on Wednesday. According to the report, in the…

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President Tinubu directs reform, reactivation of presidential project-delivery tracker

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has directed the reactivation of the Presidential Delivery-Tracker to empower Nigerians to track the implementation of projects across the country in real time. This is according to a press statement issued yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Chief Ajuri Ngelale. Speaking at the closing session of the three-day Cabinet Retreat, yesterday in Abuja, the President said that his determination to ensure the active and direct participation of citizens in governance is unwavering, noting that all Nigerians must be given the opportunity to…

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