Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has said that his principal is unhappy with the situation surrounding federal government’s failure to pay local contractors.
Recall that the latter embarked on series of protests to demand for the payment of the monies owing them by the government.
Speaking to newsmen after the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting held on Wednesday, Onanuga made the President’s position in respect of the ₦4 trillion debt owed to government contractors public.
“He made it very, very clear he is not happy and wants a one-stop solution.
“An important highlight in the course of the FEC meeting is that the President expressed very, very grave displeasure about the fact that contractors are being owed money.
“The DG (Director-General) of the Bureau of Public Procurement actually told the President that about 2000 contractors are being owed money.
“The DG (Director-General) of the Bureau of Public Procurement actually told the President that about 2000 contractors are being owed money and this made the President very, very upset.
“So the ministers are going to look into the problem to really find a solution, to find the money to be used in paying the contractors,” the presidential aide narrated.
