FG orders airport remodelling contractors to return N17.6bn

Osun-State-Governor-Ogbeni-Rauf-Aregbesola-360x225 The Supreme Court, Wednesday morning dismissed the appeal brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, challenging the election of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Delivering judgment on the case, Justice John Fabiyi, who led a seven-man panel of the court, upheld the judgments of the Court of Appeal in Akure‎ and the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal. The Appeal court and the election tribunal had both affirmed Aregbesola’s victory. In the lead judgment read by Justice C.C Nweze, six of the seven issues brought before the court were resolved in favour of the Osun governor while one was against him.

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The federal government has ordered contractors handling airport remodeling projects but failed to deliver, to return funds collected back to government coffers.
Aviation minister, Chief Osita Chidoka, gave the directive on Tuesday, while presenting his scorecard as aviation minister in the last eight months.
According to Chidoka, many of the contractors had nothing to show for the mobilisation funds and other contract funds they had already collected, and they must, therefore, refund the monies, adding that in some cases, the quality of job done was very poor while in other cases they were uncompleted.
The remodeling exercise commenced in 2011 during the tenure of Princess Stella Oduah as Aviation minister.
The outgoing minister explained that when he assumed office, a committee was set up to look at the projects that had been abandoned. He added the committee came up with a report that most of the projects were substandard, adding that aside the order for them to return the funds, most of the contractors had been asked to return to the sites and complete the projects.