{"id":4694,"date":"2017-12-13T17:58:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T00:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=4694"},"modified":"2017-12-13T17:59:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T00:59:30","slug":"4694-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/4694-2\/","title":{"rendered":"East -West Road: FG hands over 40 contractors to EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"post_title\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/aba-770x470.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for east west road nigeria\" \/><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 13, 2017: The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani, on Wednesday said his ministry had compiled the list of about 40 erring contractors that would be sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for investigation and prosecution. \u00a0He said the contractors were those handling different projects, including the East -West Road, awarded by the ministry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div>Durimg an interview with State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, he said, \u201cRight now, I have compiled names of some of these contractors and I am sending them to the EFCC, not just for the East-West Road. \u00a0\u201cI have got a minimum of 30 to 40 contractors that I am sending to the EFCC. On the East-West Road, I have taken a private consultant to review the whole cost, so, some contractors will obviously refund money for which the present cost will be discounted. \u201cSo, when you see contractors ganging up and publishing things against me, you should know the foundation. But as far as I am here, I will do something that I feel is right.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe East-West Road is a project that has been messed up from inception, naturally designed to fail by all the agreements and designed concepts that we have seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere we are, making sure that we put things in order so that we can see the terminal point of that project. If the project started more than a decade ago and in 24 months, we have made the progress we have made on that project, correcting even the construction deficits in the area, then I think you should be able to appreciate what we are doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 13, 2017: The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani, on Wednesday said his ministry had compiled the list of about 40 erring contractors that would be sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for investigation and prosecution. \u00a0He said the contractors were those handling different projects, including the East -West Road, awarded 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