Mayowa Olumuyiwa
The federal government is set to pay over N7bn as refund to Ondo State.
Disclosing this to State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the memo for the refund was presented by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fasola.
According to the statement by the minister, Ondo State is not the only state getting a refund but also four other states, which are Cross River, Osun, Bayelsa and Rivers.
In his words, “The amount is a total of N148,141,987,161.25 to five states being funds spent by the states on federal road projects,”
A breakdown of the refund per state, are as follow:
Cross River – N18,394,737,608.85;
Ondo – N7,822,147,577.08;
Osun – N2,468,938,876.78;
Bayelsa – N38,040,564,783.40 and
Rivers – N78,953,067,518.29.
He however noted that the Council had warned that there would be no more of such refunds in future should any state government venture into projects without the prior approval and consent of the federal government
