Twelve companies on Friday bidded for a contract for utilization of the recovered sum of $964,000 from the former governor of Balyelsa, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
The bid was declared opened by the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent secretary of ministry of justice Beatric jedy-Agba who said the ministry is implementing what has been agreed by government of Nigeria and united state of America.
Jedy-Agba said, the assets which is worth about $964,000 were recovered and returned to Nigeria in February 2023.
The funds will be used to implement renovation of the primary health center in Bayelsa with specific primary health that would be renovated and handed over to the people of the state.
Jedy Agba explained that the bid has two lots, which include recruitment of Non Government organizations that will be responsible for implementation and actual monitoring of the project, while lot two for monitoring of the funds .
the United States in February signed an agreement with the Nigerian government for the return of about $1 million stolen by a former governor of Bayelsa State, the late Deprieye Alamieyeseigha.
Alamieyeseigha, who was the governor of Bayelsa state between 1999 and 2005, died in October 2015.
