Tag Archives: Contractors

Contrary to claims by opposition parties, the Kwara State Government says it has always made use of local contractors in the execution of road projects in the state. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, said this while featuring on a radio programme: “Ibi Abashe de,” on Tuesday, alongside the Publicity Secretary ...

The Federal Government had in the past given the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), the contractors of the Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project a deadline of December 2018. Recent conversations have however shown that the company sees the deadline as an impossible one to meet. The contractors are said to be looking into some of challenges that inevitably make it impossible to ...

Expectations are high that the redevelopment of the Onikan stadium, Lagos would be completed by December 2018 as the contractor has fully mobilised to site to intensify the rebuilding process. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode had last year approved the rehabilitation and upgrade of the 5,000 capacity sports facility to meet the expectations of a 21st century infrastructure suitable ...

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Lagos promised massive road repairs nationwide, after completing some ongoing projects in Lagos. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke, gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. He urged residents of Lagos, in particular and Nigerians, in general, to expect more as the government was commited to deploying ...

The House of Representatives Committee on Works, has expressed displeasure over the poor performance by the contractors handling a section of Bauchi-Gombe road. Mr Israel Ajibola, team leader of the committee, currently on inspection of road projects in the North-East region, spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Bauchi. Ajibola, who had earlier ...

According to Leadership, construction works have once again recommenced at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) following the return to site by the contractors handling the project. Contracts for the remodeling of the airport was awarded by the former Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah as part of efforts to uplift the airport but was abandoned when she was removed from ...

“The Ogun State government has begun the construction of a six-lane 12-kilometre (KM) road and a 600 metre bridge in Atan/Agbara, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state. The project is part of measures to  end the hardship being experienced by motorists and other road users due to the bad state of the road. The construction work, according to ...

In order to clear the backlog of debts owed contractors, the federal government is working to issue promissory notes to contractors to clear a preponderance of domestic debts. The Nation reports that the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, while speaking at the 14th Daily Trust dialogue with the theme Beyond Recession in Abuja on Thursday,  disclosed that the federal ...

The Guardian reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to spend the $29.9 billion, he wants to borrow, on reviving the comatose economy and paying contractors, some of who are being owed for up to 10 years. The Guardian reports that APC’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said Sunday night that the President ...

Vanguard reports that the Delta State Government, yesterday said it had stopped the 25 percent mobilisation fee to contractors  for government contracts. According to Vanguard, the State’s Commissioner for Works, Mr James Augoye, who disclosed this during a meeting with contractors in the state, told them to ensure execution of projects awarded to specification “or face sanctions and contracts revocation. “Some contractors have ...