Reps probe N19.2bn P/Harcourt-Maiduguri rail contract

The House of Representatives Wednesday resolved to investigate the N19.2bn Port Harcourt-Maiduguri section of the eastern railway line whose work has stalled for 10 years.

This followed the adoption of a motion by Mzondu Benjamin Bem who said 10 years after the award of the contract, there was no evidence to show that work had commenced on the site.

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He said investigations revealed that budgetary provisions were made for the contract from 2010 to 2012.