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Messrs Integra Renewable Energy Services Limited, which the contract for the supply of 750,000 stoves under the immediate past administration, has taken the federal government to court asking that the present government should not terminate the contract
THE contractor handling the N9.2 billion worth of clean cooking stoves and wonder bags awarded by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan has dragged the federal government to court. The contractor is seeking an injunction to compel the government not to terminate the contract following the emergence of the present administration.
Fatima Mede, permanent secretary, ministry of environment, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, August 4, after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of the ministry’s activities. She said the ministry had briefed the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation on the development. Mede said the government would appear before the court to argue its case.
She, however, did not say if there were plans to terminate the contract. Mede said: “The matter is in court right now, so there is a limit to how I can talk about the issue of cooking stoves. The contractor took government to court asking the court to grant an injunction for government not to terminate the contract. We will go there and argue our case, the government will go and we have briefed the Attorney General’s office. We will present our case on the issue that led to the contractor taking us to court, it will be explained and the court will decide.”
The Jonathan-led Federal Executive Council, FEC, had on November 26, 2014 approved N9.2 billion inclusive of Value Added Tax for the procurement of 750,000 units of clean cooking stoves and 18,000 wonder bags. The contract was awarded in favour of Messrs Integra Renewable Energy Services Limited. There have also been calls on the present administration to terminate the contract.
— Aug 5, 2015 @ 14:45 GMT
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