Yobe State House of Assembly has tasked the Executive Arm to direct the contracting firm handling the Damaturu International Cargo Airport’s dual carriageway to hasten completion of the project before the end of February or have the contract revoked.
Hon. Bulama Bukar, the chairman House Committee on Public Accounts, issued the threat while presenting to the House the Auditor General’s annual audit report for the year 2019 and 2020 during plenary on Wednesday.
He said the project was strategic for the completion of the airport which is now nearing completion, hence the need for the State government to pressurize Ric Rock, the contracting company.
He said the committee during its Public Account Committee session had invited government Ministries, Departments and Agencies with queries in the 2019 and 2020 audit report to defend their positions with valid documents.
According to Bukar, the committee also recommended the need for government’s organizations to ensure that all procurement undergo store accounting processes.
He, however, said the committee despite the ravaging effects of COVID-19 pandemic in the last two years, discovered that there was no outstanding audit report, something which placed Yobe State among the best performing audit institutions in Nigeria.
Presiding over the sitting, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Lawan Mirwa commended the committee for presenting a comprehensive report that will assist the government to ensure transparency and accountability in financial transactions in the State.
Mirwa called on the members of the House to study the report carefully for possible consideration in the next legislative session.