FG approves payment of N1.7b for Gurara Dam Pipeline Project

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the payment of N1.712 billion for the contractor handling the 75km Gurara Dam water pipeline project in Niger State.
The FEC meeting, which lasted for about four hours, was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
While briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said the memo was complimentary to the earlier one he presented at the last FEC meeting on November 22.
Adamu said the pipeline contract from Gurara Dam to Lower Usuma Dam was for the laying of a three diameter pipeline.
He said: “Last week, we got approval to engage a contractor for one year and to have a training contract with the contractor so that we can prepare to handover the project to the FCT Administration.
“So, this memo that was considered today has to do with the backlog of payment for the contractor because the contractor, as you are aware, has been maintaining the pipeline since the project was completed in 2008.”