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Date:April 10, 2019, 6:00 am


Ministry denies abandoning projects in 2018 budgetBy Mod - 12 minutes ago - [ Update ]

The Ministry of Communications has denied that it abandoned 104 projects in 2018 budgets.

Reacting to a report “Senate Berates Communications Ministry for Abandoning 104 projects in 2018,”, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Communication, Bolaji Kazeem, in a statement on Monday, described the report has not been a true picture of the situation and that the statement is unfortunate because no projects have commenced that would have been abandoned by the Ministry of Communications.

He explained that contracts award/executions were delayed by the Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, to address petitions from participants in the procurement process which have saved the Federal Government the sum of N600 million from review committee set up by the minister.

According to him, the Ministry of Communications has executed projects approved by the National Assembly based on the funds made available to it and has not abandoned any 104 projects in 2018.

“It is on record that budget approval was delayed for about seven months in 2018 which cascaded into the budget implementation of every Ministry/Departments/Agencies (MDAs) in 2018.

“As we are all aware, the process of procurement has laid down rules and regulations which has nine essential steps such as procurement plan, adequate appropriation, advertisement, transparent pre-qualification, tender, bid submission/opening, bid evaluation, tender board approval and contract award/execution/ project implementation which have to be adhered to strictly, by the Ministerial Tenders Board (MTB) headed by the Permanent Secretary.

“Not only that, many of the projects are rollover projects from the previous year which have not been fully funded due to the paucity of funds.

“After the processes were completed and forwarded to the Minister for approval, petitions emerged from the participants and the Minister withheld the approval and set up a committee to look into the petitions in order to ensure fairness, transparency, accountability, and justice not only to the petitioners but also to the government.”

It is imperative to state here that “justice denied to one is justice denied all”. The Ministry under the leadership of Dr. Adebayo Shittu is very strict when it comes to issues of justice, accountability, and incorruptibility. He has therefore ensured that all necessary rules and regulations guiding award and implementation of contracts are strictly adhered to in the Ministry.

The Committee has submitted its report and necessary action has been taken to ensure that the whole processes are fair, transparent and incorruptible and that justice prevail so that all stakeholders would be satisfied that fairness prevailed in the award of contracts in the Ministry of Communications.

Source:

guardian.ng/technology/communications-ministry-denies-abandoning-projects-in-2018-budget/

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abubakar shehu - 2019-04-10 06:09:38

Thanks for the update nnu

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Musa Malam - 2019-04-10 06:04:31

Good morning nnu end of the day

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