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Ministry Of Survey Must Pay My Balance Now

oyin_k@yahoo.com 07083109330

I would be happy if the Independent Advocate could please help find out from the Federal Ministry of Surveys how long it will take them to pay their contractors their money.

I am one of the contractors of the Ministry of Surveys when the Headquarters was still in Lagos, before it relocated to Abuja.

When the last payment was made, I was short-paid and was told to produce the necessary documents used in executing the contract to buttress my claims, which I did and this was about two years ago.

After producing the necessary documents, I was told to wait pending when another payment would be made to enhance the Ministry take action on the issue since the contract had since been completed over the years.

Up to the time of writing this letter to the Independent Advocate, I am yet to be paid any money. Instead I was told my name was not in the list of the contractors of the Ministry and that I should write an application stating all facts about the short payment. I have also written that, yet nothing positive is forthcoming from the Ministry.

Please help me retrieve my balance from the Ministry. They know how much my money is because it was showed in all the documents used in executing the contract.

Alhaja Abolore Bakare,

142 Beckley Street,

Ejigbo,

Lagos.

At the Federal Ministry of Surveys Headquarters Abuja, the complaint of short-payment as raised by Alhaja Bakare by the Ministry was taken up with the Administrative Department where an official, who told the Independent Advocate that the complainant does not sound serious, noting that how could a ministry short-pay its contractor?

"This is the first time, I am hearing of such a complaint. And I wonder the year the said contract was executed because the ministry had since relocated from Lagos to Abuja.

What has she been doing all these years? And what type of contract did she execute for the ministry? Is she an architect or what? Queried the official.

She (the official) made it plain that the complainant's letter was too vague and contained no vital information to enhance a thorough investigation.

Asked what the complainant should produce to enable the ministry look into her plight, the official said she should produce photocopies of all the documents relating to the said contract. That alone is enough to reveal most information needed for investigation by the ministry.

Alhaja Bakare, please produce the aforementioned information to enhance the ministry look into your plight.