Nigeria names alleged corrupt electricity contractors
By CNBC
16 May 2019 |
3:24 pm
Nigeria's Ministry of Power, Works and Housing disclosed names of contractors that allegedly collected money for electricity projects but failed to execute them completely. Adetokunbo Mumuni, Executive Director of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project; SERAP joins CNBC Africa to discuss this story.
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