Searchlight would be beamed on the 2014 Centenary City Project by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, the House of Representatives has disclosed.
At the plenary on Wednesday, June 14, 2016, the House mandated its committee on Federal Capital Territory to undertake an investigation into the project to determine if it was done according to the extant laws.
It would be recalled that the Centenary City project was initiated to mark the 100 year anniversary of Nigeria by the Jonathan administration on January 1, 2014, and was to be funded by the private-sector.
The resolution by the House was sequel to motion entitled “call for investigation of alleged irregularities surrounding the centenary city project” sponsored by a member of the House, Timothy Golu.
While moving the motion on the floor of the House, the lawmaker alleged that the Centenary City project was marred with irregularities which may have cost the Federal Government and the Federal Capital Development Authority billions of naira and loss of thousands of hectares of land.
“It was to showcase Abuja as a modern city. Government was not supposed to be part of it. People were meant to be compensated, there is restiveness as there has been no compensation given. With these irregularities, I want this House to investigate it,” Golu said.
