RAAMP denies owing contractors, rejects protest threat in Benue

The Benue State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) has dismissed insinuations that it has received a seven-day ultimatum from contractors to settle alleged contract debts or face protests.
This was disclosed by the State Coordinator of RAAMP, Stephen Numbeve, while speaking with journalists on Tuesday. He said the project had not received any such ultimatum.
He described a letter circulating on social media, purportedly written and signed by contractors giving RAAMP seven days to pay for contracts allegedly executed over a year ago or face peaceful protests across Benue, as fake and politically motivated.
He said the letter was aimed at discrediting the speedy a...