Nigerian contractors have called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene on their behalf over the alleged non-payment of their money after the execution of various projects in 2024.

They, however, lamented the non-payment of the funds on various contracts awarded to them on behalf of the Federal Government by the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

Some of them said they had been given payment vouchers some weeks ago,which indicated that the contractors had been paid, but later discovered that there was no cash backing to access the said money.

They said that the delay in the payment could not be divorced from the alleged centralisation of the payment procedures of the local contractors by the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF).

A contractor, Ibrahim Bamisaye, in a chat with reporters, yesterday, in Ilorin, said: “The resultant effect on us is that we keep on servicing the interests on the loans and the bonds we entered into to execute and complete the projects. We had hoped that the money would be released as scheduled.”

Our workers cannot get their salaries and to meet the needs of our families are becoming difficult on daily basis.”
Bamisaye said that after the approval of each budget by the National Assembly, it would become a law with adequate provisions made for the MDAs to pay the contractors.