Umahi orders withdrawal of N2.8bn road palliative over unexecuted work

By Chukwuma Umeorah and Faheem Lawal
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has given 24 hours to the Osun State Controller of the Federal Ministry of Works to withdraw a N2.8 billion certificate issued for palliative work on the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa Road, saying the work reflected in the certificate was not carried out.
Umahi gave the directive on Sunday during the continuation of his inspection tour of the road project, expressing dissatisfaction after personally inspecting about 20 kilometres of the road. “I am on this road, about 20 kilometres and I have not seen where the palliative was done. But you already gave a palliative certificate of N2.8 billion,” he said.
The minister also dire...