ThisDay (Abuja) - The Nigerian government has “vowed” to blacklist “non-performing contractors from further federal projects if they (contractors) continue to fail to deliver on assigned projects.

According to the Minister of Finance, Dr Shamsuddeen Usman, the finance ministry would restore its budget monitoring and evaluation machinery, with a view to checking the laxity and abuse by contractors and consultants. The minister warned erring contractors to perform according to contractual agreements or have their companies blacklisted from public projects permanently.

The Federal Minister further stated that the government policy will be changing under the Yar’Adua administration. Both the contractors and consultants will suffer the same fate for any uncompleted or abandoned project.

While this is a welcome development, it also appears that Nigerians have at various times under different administration, heard the same “song” from administration officials while touring project site as part of their photo opportunities. What Nigerians have not seen is the promised action. One wonders how and if they (FG) will be able to deliver on this promise, primarily because the federal officials and leaders are the “chief culprits” awarding contracts to themselves through privately registered companies, a big “419″ scheme. So the big question is are they going to be able to blacklist themselves?

News Source: http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=96640

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