The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, Mrs Fatima Mede, made the threat while fielding questions from newsmen as part of activities to mark the World Environment Day in Abuja.
Mede said that the Federal Government had paid the contractor 15 per cent mobilisation fees of N1.3billion to the company, Renewable Energy Services Ltd handing the project.
NAN recalls that the Federal Executive Council had in November, 2014 approved 9.2billion to buy 750,000 clean cookstoves and 18,000 wonderbags for rural women.
According to her, the ministry is still trying to verify the quantity of the stoves before accepting the supply.
“What he supplied to us in not up to 15 per cent, we have written to him that what he supplied to us is not up to our agreement.
“We have written to him for us clarify the supply and count the supply physically before we accept them,” she said.
In addition, Mede explained that the ministry had wanted to inaugurate the project last month after the former minister; Mrs Laurentia Mallam had inspected the project.
She said that the ministry had to reverse the decision to confirm the supply before accepting to distribute them.
“Government wants to promote renewable energy so the money is safe; there is no cause to worry.
“We have told the contractor to verify the supply not only the quantity but quality before we distribute them to the beneficiaries, rural women.
“Also, we have the balance from the N5 billion released by the Federal Government in the ministry’s account so there is nothing to fear about the contract.
“Government is not going to lose any amount from the contract that is why we got bank guarantee, so if we discover that what he supplied is not up to the agreement, we shall ask the bank to give us the balance,” she said.
Well,,I don't know d efficacy of this stove,,but if the stove can be useful to our mothers that does akara,yam,potatoes frying etc business then it might go along way to save them d trouble with d use of fire wood...but not withstanding,,this amount is too much......let's just be watching....I don't know d function of d ministry of sci. & tech oh,,this a minor technology that we ought to b producing by ourself
ReplyDeleteHow can you use N9.2bn to buy stove? How much is one of those stove sold in the market? is't upto #100000? How many are Nigeria women? All together according to the 2007 Nigeria are not upto 200 million people and we are using N9.2BN to buy stove for women only? My dear this is nothing but a scam I remember when Jonathan approve Billions of Naira to buy GSM To women, I ask you How many women in your area got this GSM? All scam and nothing more...well i just dey laugh
ReplyDeleteWell,,we don't hv an accurate population census yet to dertemine our numbers
DeleteIf Nigeria are too much, both Home and abroad they are not up to 1 billion population How much is this f**king stove sold? my guy I just hope the new government cancel the Contract cause stove as never be a Nigeria women problem even the Jonathan Know that by Him self... by the way if you buy a stove for the women are you gonna also buy them Kerosene? This is very funny situation...well i just dey laugh
Deletehmm you guys have a point
DeleteOk oh...let's watch sha
Deletelets see how it goes hmmm
ReplyDeleteOK let's watch n see how it plays out
ReplyDeleteThey had better scrap it,another means of siphoning money
ReplyDeleteWhat are they still waiting for? Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
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