Tag Archives: construction

Vanguard reports that the Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has vowed to complete all on-going projects in the state before the elapse of his tenure even as he assured that the ongoing construction work on the popular Arakale Comprehensive Health Centre in Akure, the capital of Ondo State will be completed and commissioned in January 2017 by his administration. ...

Vanguard reports that Delta State Government, yesterday, warned communities against hostility to contractors, urging contractors to demobilize from any community that proved uncooperative to the development initiative of the present administration. According to Vanguard, the Commissioner for Works, Mr James Augoye, who handed down the warning while inspecting some ongoing road projects across the state, also cautioned contractors against executing their ...

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, has revealed that a crack at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport is a threat to people and it should be investigated further. Vanguard reports that COREN attributed the number of collapsed buildings and failed roads in Nigeria to poor engineering works and supervision. According to Vanguard, this was made known ...

As part of efforts to boost its internally generated revenue, the Cross River State government has commenced the construction of an ultra-modern rice mill in Ogoja. The Guardian reports that the commissioning of work on the rice mill by the state governor, Ben Ayade on Wednesday is in line with his promise to avoid dependence on monthly allocation from the ...

According to Vanguard, the Ovie of Udu Kingdom, HRM Owhorhu I, has said Udu community will do everything possible to provide the enabling environment for the proposed Aladja Industrial Energy Park project to succeed, urging the technical partners to expedite action to get the project off the drawing board. The monarch spoke when the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, of O-Secul Nigeria Ltd., ...

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, revealed that the Warri-Ajaokuta-Obaro-Abuja central rail project was expected to attract a minimum of 30 billion dollar investment into the country. According to Vanguard, Amaechi made this known while briefing the Joint Senate and House of Representatives’ Committee on Land Transport on Monday in Abuja. He said that the Federal Government had signed a ...

According to Vanguard, the Oyo State House of Assembly has frowned at the indiscriminate construction of fuel stations in hazardous locations across the state. Vanguard reports that this followed a motion by Mr Segun Ajanaku (APC-Ibadan South West II) during the plenary session on Tuesday in Ibadan. Ajanaku, who is the Chairman House Committee on Parliamentary Matters, said that the ...

Vanguard reports that commuters along the ever busy Owerri-Umuahia and Owerri-Okigwe federal highways yesterday, lauded the management of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for commencing reconstruction work on the dilapidated portions of the two roads. According to Vanguard, the bad portions of the two roads include Awaka and Ezeogba, Emekuku in Owerri North local government area and Ekemele, Akabo, Ikeduru ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has warned operators in the construction sector, such as developers and contractors to adhere strictly to building regulations and control, adding that the government would no longer tolerate flagrant disregard of the law, as part of measures to eliminate the incidences of building collapse in the state. Vanguard reports that Ambode, who was represented by his Deputy, ...

The Nation reports that experts in road construction, under the aegis of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), have blamed the failure of roads in Niger Delta on the use of wrong construction methods and materials. The experts spoke yesterday at this year’s annual lecture and award ceremony of the NSE in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The Nation reports ...