Yobe Assembly Threatens Showdown Over Airport Project’s Non-Completion

The Yobe State House of Assembly has directed the Executive Arm to direct the contracting firm in charge of the dual carriageway at the Damaturu International Cargo Airport to complete the project by the end of February or risk having the contract revoked.

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During plenary on Wednesday, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Bulama Bukar, issued the threat while presenting the Auditor General’s annual audit report for the years 2019 and 2020 to the House.

He claimed that the project was critical to the completion of the airport, which is now nearing completion, and that the State government needed to exert pressure on the contracting company, Ric Rock.

He said the committee during its Public Account Committee session had invited government Ministries, Departments and Agencies with queries in the 2019 and 2020 audit report to defend their positions with valid documents.

According to Bukar, the committee also recommended the need for government’s organizations to ensure that all procurement undergo store accounting processes.

He, however, said the committee despite the ravaging effects of COVID-19 pandemic in the last two years, discovered that there was no outstanding audit report, something which placed Yobe State among the best performing audit institutions in Nigeria.

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Presiding over the sitting, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Lawan Mirwa commended the committee for presenting a comprehensive report that will assist the government to ensure transparency and accountability in financial transactions in the State.

Mirwa called on the members of the House to study the report carefully for possible consideration in the next legislative session.