The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at a virtual meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the refund of about N148,141,987,161.25 expended by five states to rehabilitate some federal roads and bridges. The beneficiary states include Rivers, N78,953,067,518.29; Cross River, N18,394,737,608.85; Ondo, N7,822,147,577.08; Osun, N2,468,938,876.78, and Bayelsa, N38,040,564,783.40. He said the approval followed a memo presented by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, at the meeting. Mohammed said: “You will recall that in 2016, 36 states of the federation sent a very huge bill to the Federal Government, asking fo compensation for money that they have expended on federal roads. But the claims of five other states: Cross River, Rivers, Ondo, Bayelsa and Osun failed on the grounds that they did not do proper documentation and they committee felt they needed proper documentation.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 03, 2020 17:37 UTC