The Senate
has mandated its Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TetFund to investigate
the contractors who collected monies belonging to Tetfund in the past and
failed to execute contracts to specification.
This
position was adopted yesterday following the motion sponsored by Jibrin Barau
titled: “The need for an investigative audit in respect of contracts that were
awarded and paid for in the past by TetFund but are yet to be executed.”
Barau, who
noted that TetFund had awarded numerous contracts nationwide for various
projects in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to improve
quality of teaching, learning and research, alleged that the contractors only
collected monies for the projects and walked away without executing them.
He said such
a situation contributed to the existing deficits in the infrastructural needs
of all tertiary institutions across the country and urged the Senate to renew
its commitment to exposing corrupt practices.
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