Politics Sokoto Govt warns contractors against bribery

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The Sokoto State Government on Saturday warned contractors against giving money to unknown persons to secure contracts for the proposed Illela International Border Market.

In a statement in Sokoto, Alhaji Garba Sarkin-Kudu, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Tourism, said that such persons could be fraudulent persons.

The state government advised contractors who were interested in the market to meet the Commissioner of Commerce, Industries and Tourism, Alhaji Aliyu Achida, for enquiries.

"Note that this ministry and other stakeholders in this important project are not party to such illegal act."

"The public will be properly notified as soon as the process of awarding contracts on the construction of the border market begins,” it added.

According to the statement, any person who gives money to any person to get a contract will have himself to blame.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N33 billion border market is being built under a public-private partnership arrangement.

Illela, the headquarters of Illela Local Government, is about 100 kilometres from Sokoto, the state capital.

Illela shares a border with Birnin Konni in the neighbouring Niger Republic.

The border towns are about four kilometres apart.

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