Monday 15 February 2016

Abuja rail project awarded without design, MoU – Chinese firm

The Project Manager of Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Company, Etim Abak, on Monday told the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory  that former President Olusegun Obasanjo awarded the Abuja Rail Project in 2007 without engineering design or Memorandum of Understanding.
The Minister of FCT and current governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, allegedly signed the  $841.645,898 contract based on uncalculated estimate.
The committee was also told  that the contract, which stood at 60.67km, was inflated by $10m  per km and that the length was later reduced to 45km without refund of the cost for the 15.67 km that wasLINK

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