Contractors query beneficiaries of FG’s N700bn payment

•Threaten protest over skewed framework
From Okwe Obi , Abuja
The Association of Indigenous Contractors of Nigeria (AICAN), North Central Zone, has expressed displeasure over what it termed “uneven payment structure” to indebted contractors by the federal government.
AICAN lamented that it is unable to determine the beneficiaries of the N700 billion reportedly paid to contractors by the federal government, when original contractors wallow in poverty and huge debt.
While addressing journalists yesterday in Abuja, its representative, Oguneme Romanus Uchenna, called on the government to be transparent and include genuine contractors in the payment plan.
Uchenna warned that its...