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₦5.8 billion Baro port dredging contract

Status
No final report
Assembly
House of Representatives
Opened
15 July 2020
Assembly term
9th National Assembly (2019–2023)
Committee
Committee on Ports and Harbours
Sum at issue
₦5.8 billion
Subject
Contracts and procurement
Without a report for
2,310 days

The House of Representatives resolved to investigate the ₦5.8 billion contract for the dredging of the Baro Port in Niger State. Following a motion by Leke Abejide, the House mandated its Committee on Ports and Harbours to probe the abandonment of the project, which was awarded in 2011 and supposedly completed, yet remains non-functional and inaccessible.

What the record shows

  • 15 July 2020
    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.