An investigation into the alleged abandonment of the N1.46 billion Gidanwaya-Guaran Dutse-Waman Rafi-Saminaka-Kano road project in Kaduna state was opened by the House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday.
During an investigative hearing on Tuesday, the committee voiced its concerns and questioned Dr. Yakubu Adam, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works, about the project.
The inspection of vital national assets, particularly roads built during the most recent administration, was the subject of the hearing.
Rep. Bamidele Salam (PDP-Osun), the committee’s chairman, bemoaned the fact that the project’s funding came from a federal loan.
According to information we obtained from the Debt Management Office, many of the roads were even built using federal loans.
However, on October 5, 2022, the Federal Ministry of Works granted a specific road in Kaduna State with the name Gidanwaya-Guaran Dutse-Waman Rafi-Saminaka-Kano road, and Messrs. Jam Jam Dynamic Platform Limited was paid N1.461 billion for it.
According to him, “this road was supposed to be finished within 12 months; there is an allegation that the road awarded in 2022 has not started as we speak and the Federal Ministry of Works has fully paid the sum to the contractor concerned.”
