URGENT APPEAL TO PRESIDENT TINUBU: OVER 400 CONTRACTORS IN KADUNA STATE FACING FINANCIAL RUIN DUE TO UNPAID CONTRACTS
In a heartfelt open letter addressed to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over 400 contractors from Kaduna State have raised an urgent call for intervention regarding their dire financial situation. The contractors, engaged by Hon. Bashir Ibrahim of Formal Act Legacy Ltd, assert that they are victims of a devastating scheme that has left them financially crippled and in despair. “Sometimes between January 2022 and early 2023, our companies were engaged by one Hon. Bashir Ibrahim, operating in the name Formal Act Legacy Ltd in what was presented as a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) partnership involving the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State,” the contractors lament in their open letter. They were awarded contracts worth over 30 billion Naira for essential projects, including drilling water boreholes, constructing and rehabilitating primary healthcare centers, and supplying vital medical equipment. Despite diligently executing these contracts in complia...