Nigeria: Deep Blue Project - Minister Threaten to Withhold Contractor's Fee

2 December 2020

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has threatened to withhold the balance of the contract fees of the Deep Blue Project if all the terms of the project were not met.

Speaking during an inspection tour of the equipment for the project in Lagos, Amaechi told the contractors that if the Navy was not trained on the operations of the fast intervention vessels amongst other conditions that were to be met, the balance of their fees will not be paid.

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