The Honorable Minister of Works, David Umahi, during a briefing at the Ministry of Works Headquarters in Abuja to mark his one year in office, stated that the Ministry, under his watch, would not propose any new project for execution in the year 2025.
The Minister, said instead of new projects, the Ministry will channel it attention on completing several ongoing and abandoned projects in the country.
Speaking further, he noted that what can make the Ministry recommend any new project is if it comes from President Bola Tinubu.
The minister said, “We will not propose new projects for the 2025 fiscal year unless otherwise dictated by Mr President.
“I’m going to tell the Ministry of Finance to provide funds for us to complete ongoing projects.
“Right now, we have over 4,000 ongoing projects and a funding gap of N16tn, most of them were inherited by this administration.
“Some of these projects were awarded when the naira was exchanged for N150 to $1USD.”
The minister further explained that inflation has contributed significantly to the rising cost of most of these projects, and it would be in the nation’s best interest for them to be completed.
