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₦726 billion East–West road contract

Status
No final report
Assembly
Senate
Opened
6 July 2017
Assembly term
8th National Assembly (2015–2019)
Committee
Not stated in the record
Sum at issue
₦726 billion
Subject
Contracts and procurement
Without a report for
3,415 days

On a motion by Senator George Sekibo (PDP, Rivers East), co-sponsored by 23 other senators, the Senate mandated its Committee on Niger Delta to investigate the 675 km East–West Road contract and report within four weeks. The road was awarded under President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2006 for ₦211 billion, and the contract sum was revised to ₦726 billion under President Goodluck Jonathan, but the road remained unfinished.

What the record shows

  • 6 July 2017
    Probe opened.
  • As of 11 November 2026
    No final report of this probe has been found on the public record.

Opened more than 120 days ago, and no final report of the committee has been found on the public record. Interim reports and hearings are shown where known. Know of a report, hearing or outcome missing here? Send a correction.