BREAKING: Ministry Of Works Won’t Propose Any New Project In 2025 — David Umahi Reveals

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has declared that the Ministry, under his leadership, would not propose any new project for execution in the year 2025.

Umahi said instead of new projects, the Ministry would focus on completing several ongoing and abandoned projects.

He added that the only that can make the Ministry recommend any new project is if it comes from President Bola Tinubu.

The Eaglesforesight reports Umahi made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja during a press briefing to mark his first year in office.

The minister said, “We will not propose new projects for the 2025 fiscal year unless otherwise dictated by Mr President.

“I’m going to tell the Ministry of Finance to provide funds for us to complete ongoing projects.

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“Right now, we have over 4,000 ongoing projects and a funding gap of N16tn, most of them were inherited by this administration.

“Some of these projects were awarded when the naira was exchanged for N150 to $1USD.”

The minister further explained that inflation has contributed significantly to the rising cost of most of these projects, and it would be in the nation’s best interest for them to be completed.

Meanwhile, the federal government has disclosed that foreigners operating in the mining sector are responsible for terrorist attacks on miners across mining sites in the country.

The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, said the foreign-sponsored attacks intend to scare away the miners for illegal mining to continue.

Alake said this in a statement on Thursday while condemning the killing of 12 miners at Unguwar Magro Village of Niger State.

He assured that security agencies have commenced investigations to apprehend the attackers and their sponsors.