Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has urged the contractor handling rehabilitation and upgrading of 48.7KM Toto/Umaisha road to redouble its effort towards quick completion of the work.
The House, also commended the contractor over good and quality work done so far.
Mr Suleiman Azara, the Chairman, House Committee on Works stated this while inspecting the road on Tuesday in Toto LGA.
Azara said that the inspection was not to witch hunt any contractor but to ensure that it delivered the job based on specifications.
According to him, I am very happy seeing you working diligently but redouble your efforts. I will not take it likely if I come here again and see slow pace of work.
” We are here to inspect the rehabilitation and upgrading of the 48.7KM Toto/Umaisha road in order to assess the level of work done by the contractor.
” as the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has empowered us to oversight the activities of MDA.
” And Mr Speaker, Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi has directed all the House standing committees to oversight MDAs under them, hence the need for this inspection visit, ” he said.
Azara said that the committee would continue to inspect projects across the state in order not to allow contractors short changed the state government.
” We want to make sure that contractors adhere strictly to their project specifications by ensuring that quality and standard jobs are delivered.
” We also want to make sure that what contractors recieved from the state government is commesurate with the work done, ” he said
Azara urged the contractor to put more efforts toward the completion of the Umaisha / Toto road.
He urged the management of the ministry of works to continue to intensify efforts in supervising projects across the state.
The committee chairman assured the state government of its support to enable it succeed in proejct executions.
On his part, Mr Muazu Goshu, the Commissioner for Works appreciated the committee and state government for prioritizing roads constructions across the state.
The commissioner also urged the contractor to redouble his efforts in ensuring timely completion of the work.
He assured of the ministry’s commitment to supervise projects to ensure that quality works are delivered based on their specifications.
Mr Isiaka Yusuf Mohammed, General Manager of ELA Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited said that N4. 07bn was the contract sum of the project.
He assured of quality and standard work
The general manager assured of completing the work according to its specifications.