President Muhammadu Buhari said Friday that the Federal Government would will pay genuine outstanding debts owed contractors.
That is some job for the contractors, you have to dust up your documents and prove to the last kobo, the value and extent of work done in projects handled by you.
But that nonetheless is some respite for some contractors who have feared that the current administration might repudiate inherited contractual given its often-stated perception of massive corruption in the administration it succeeded.
The President, in a meeting with the Board of Directors of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc., led by Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu, in Abuja, said the government would remove all impediments to the fulfillment of its promise to provide jobs for unemployed Nigerians.
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said in a statement that Buhari had directed the Ministries of Works and Lands, Housing and Urban Development to prepare and present for approval and implementation a plan of action for the speedy revitalisation and expansion of the nation’s vocational training centres.
The President, the statement, added, gave the directive after being told at the meeting that many construction companies were forced to bring in skilled workers from abroad because of shortage of competent construction workers and artisans in the country.
According to Buhari such a practice is antithetical to his administration’s commitment to boost employment opportunities for young Nigerians.
He demanded for a report on the current status of existing vocational training centres established by the Federal Government, while promising to reposition them as efficient producers of skilled workers for the building and construction industry.
