A project verification team from the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has accused SCC Nigeria Ltd, handlers of the N17.1 billion Oturkpo Multipurpose Dam Project in Benue, of abandoning work after receiving full payment.
Mr Samson Eletuo, the Team Leader, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Oturkpo that less than 35 per cent of the job had been done.
“The handlers have received 100 per cent payment. The contract sum was N17.1 billion. That has been paid, but the work is barely 35 per cent,” Eletuo said.
Eletuo, Deputy Director (Finance) of the commission, said that the N17 billion was paid to the construction firm three years ago.
He expressed surprise at the level of work at the site, saying that the commission would take further steps to ascertain what happened.
NAN reports that the project, which was awarded for N17.1 billion in 2010, took off in March 2011 and was to be completed within 36 months.
The dam was expected to provide a 130-million cubic meters reservoir and a 3.
N17 bn Otukpo dam project abandoned
