The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that a total of N25 billion had been paid to contractors handling? the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) projects.
The beneficiary contractors include, Dantata & Sawoe Contruction Nigeria Limited, which is handling Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja road (Abuja-Sheda Junction) and on the 510 kilometre Kano-Maiduguri (Kano-Wudil-Shuarin) road dualisation scheme; China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) for railway projects on Idu-Kaduna and Jebba-Kano rail line rehabilitation.
Other companies paid for the SURE-P projects they are handling in various parts of the country, according to a statement by the Programme’s Office in Abuja, are Messrs Reynold Construction Co. for work on East-West Road section 3 (Port Harcourt-Eket) and Benin-Ore-Shagamu section 1; Esser West Africa for the Eastern rail line projects from Port Harcourt-Makurdi; Niger Construction Limited for Enugu-Onitsha road dualisation; Costain West Africa for the railway rehabilitation from Jebba-Kano and Messr Gitto Construzioni for work on Abuja-Lokoja road.
The SURE-P Office disclosed further that the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Committee has approved the appointment of workers supporting the programme on Maternal and Child Health in some states.