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Contractor Drags FG To Court Over Jonathan’s N9.2bn Stoves by Nobody: 12:09pm On Aug 05, 2015 |
The contractor handling the N9.2billion worth of
clean cook stoves and wonder bags awarded by
the administration of former President Goodluck
Jonathan has dragged the Federal Government to
court.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Environment, Fatima Mede, disclosed this to State
House correspondents on Tuesday shortly after
briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of the
ministry’s activities inside the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.
Mede said the contractor approached the court to
order the government not to terminate the
contract following the emergence of the present
administration.
The Jonathan-led Federal Executive Council had
on November 26, 2014 approved N9.2billion
inclusive of Value Added Tax for the procurement
of 750,000 units of clean cook stoves and 18,000
wonder bags.
The contract was awarded in favour of Messrs
Integra Renewable Energy Services Limited.
There have been calls on the present
administration to terminate the contract.
Confirming the legal action, Mede said the
ministry had briefed the Office of the Attorney
General of the Federation on the development.
She said the government would appear before the
court to argue its case.
She however did not say if there were plans to
terminate the contract.
She said, “The matter is in court right now, so
there is a limit to how I can talk about the issue
of cooking stoves.
“The contractor took government to court asking
the court to grant an injunction for government
not to terminate the contract.
“We will go there and argue our case, the
government will go, we have briefed the Attorney
General’s office.
“We will present our case on the issue that led to
the contractor taking us to court, it will be
explained and the court will decide.”
Mede said during her team’s meeting with Buhari,
the President raised concerns over environmental
degradation in the country.
She said the President was aware that the
sustainability of the country would depend on
how well the environment was managed.
She added that the rate of desertification and
afforestation in the country was alarming.
She said over 43 per cent of Nigerians were
affected by the effect of desertification.
The Permanent Secretary also pointed to the
conflict between the herdsmen and farmers
because of forced migration.
She said the President had directed that to reduce
the rate at which wood was being cut down for
cooking, the ministry should consider promoting
the use of LPG especially in the cities.
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Re: Contractor Drags FG To Court Over Jonathan’s N9.2bn Stoves by ELTON123(m): 12:12pm On Aug 05, 2015 |
Ok |
Re: Contractor Drags FG To Court Over Jonathan’s N9.2bn Stoves by Symphony007: 12:23pm On Aug 05, 2015 |
Why is continuity of previous government projects by new administrations such a problem in nigeria? Then why we do need handover notes? |
Re: Contractor Drags FG To Court Over Jonathan’s N9.2bn Stoves by powerfulsettingz: 12:36pm On Aug 05, 2015 |
I think the poster above me can't really comprehend English that much, so fed govt should contact with the exam botany rate at which they awarded common stoves right, when u always get am average cooling stoves at a rate of about 3000 maximum 9.2bn goooooosh just for cooking stoves, and no one I've I sent collected this pooo |
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