The National Commission for Refugees, an agency under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, earmarked a total of N150M for the construction of a federal road in Postikum, Yobe State, according to official records.

The road, listed as Lot 1825, was also listed under the agency’s procurement work as a constituency and as capital project for 2022.

SOLACEBASE launched an investigation to ascertain the execution of the project and found that the project was awarded for execution to Amne Integrated Business Ltd, said to be located at 24 Sarkia Abdullkadir Road, Near General Hospital, Azare, Bauchi State.

However, 7 months after receiving payment, this investigation has confirmed that the multi-million naira project was never executed while payment was made in full to the contractor Amne Integrated Business Ltd.

According to financial record of payment disbursement to Amne Integrated Business Ltd, shows that on the 31st of December, 2022, which happens to be the last day of the year, the company received the sum ₦134,157,577.85 as the complete payment, in violation of the procurement law which stipulates that only 15 per cent can be paid to a contractor as mobilization fee for the commencement of the project.