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Ekiti
State Government has revoked nine road projects awarded to some
contractors due to poor handling of the projects, the state
Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Abiodun Olujimi has said.

Mrs. Olujimi, who
disclosed this while featuring on a programme organized by members of
the Nigeria Union of Journalists, said government had to revoke the
contracts because the contractors lack competent manpower and equipment
to carry out the job. Some of the contracts terminated by the Ekiti
State Government, according to Mrs. Olujimi were: Irele-Ogbe Road,
Ara-Isinbode Road, Ido-Aramoko Road, and Omisanajna Road in Ado-Ekiti.
“We are not ready to tolerate any shoddy job from any contractor,” she
said. “As government we owe the people of Ekiti that duty to provide
motor able roads for them. Government will ensure that no contractor is
allowed to short-change the government by executing poor projects.
Based on the poor handling of some of its projects, the (Governor) Oni
administration has reduced the number of contractors handling its
various projects.”

Mrs. Olujimi added that the state government has given a two-week
ultimatum to some other contractors to deliver quality project or have
their contracts revoked. The commissioner pointed out that the Mr. Oni
led administration had reached an agreement with the federal government
to repair all major federal roads in the state. She also stated that
the state government had ordered the arrest of three contractors who
abandoned various road project awarded to them.