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Reps Questions Agriculture Ministry’s N18 Billion Bush-Clearing Contracts

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Reps question the Agriculture Ministry’s N18 billion bush-clearing contracts. The House Committee on Public Accounts is investigating the Federal Ministry of Agriculture for awarding contracts worth approximately N18.9 billion to numerous contractors to clear bushes during the COVID-19 shutdown.

The committee’s chairman, Oluwole Oke, announced this at an investigation hearing in Abuja on Tuesday.

The lawmaker stated that the House was interested in finding out the location and significance of such projects. He disclosed that the committee had consequently invited the ministry and the companies involved.

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The invited firms were, however, conspicuously absent at the hearing without any reason for their non-appearance.

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