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Contractors With No Shovel Get Contracts Worth Millions Of Naira In Kano – FG

Afolabi Hakim by Afolabi Hakim
March 21, 2024
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  • He disclosed that some of these contractors didn’t have basic equipment needed to execute the project they were given.

The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in Kano has bemoaned the illegality that characterised contract awarding process in the north west state.

Acting Federal Road Maintenance Engineer in the State, Ali Abdu, said that some incompetent persons and unqualified contractors get contracts worth millions of naira.

Speaking when he appeared before the House Committee on FERMA, on Tuesday, he disclosed that some of these contractors didn’t have basic equipment needed to execute the project they were given.

He said, “Sadly, some contractors are not competent, they don’t even have a shovel talk less of working equipment but get contracts of millions to execute.”

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He briefed the lawmakers on the activities of the agency on 2023 contract projects.

He added that part of the problems the agency is facing is “lack of operational vehicles as those for supervision are either not working or need to be replaced.”

The engineer noted that Federal road across the borders of Kano amounts to 990 kilometres; while 423 kilometres are in good shape, 502 are in fair condition, 32km in poor condition, 33 in bad condition whereas 16 contracts were appropriated in the 2023 budget and only one was on Federal road.

He said out of the 16 contracts, six had been completed, five were ongoing, one contractor had reported but yet to commence work while four contractors were yet to report.

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