Kishi-Kaiama Road Project Not Abandoned - KWSG

Date: 2017-08-26

The Kwara State government has not abandoned the construction of the Kishi-Kaiama road, the State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Aro Yahaya has disclosed.

Yahaya made this known in Ilorin while speaking at the Media Parliament organised by the State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He explained that though the road is a federal government facility, the State government intervened on the road due to its importance and to reduce the hardship faced by road users who ply the route.

The Commissioner recalled that the State government awarded the construction of the 64km road project in 2014 and mobilised the contractor with N500million. He, however, noted that the Federal government recently took over the funding the project and approved the sum of N7.2b as reimbursement to the State government for its construction.

According to him, the Federal Ministry of Works, Power and Housing had earlier released the sum of N238m to the State government and another N50m is being expected from the Ministry.

The Commissioner said he met with the contractor handling the project, who complained that the fund from the Federal Ministry of Works is not enough to cover a substantial part of the project and he does not want a situation where he resumes work on the site and leave after a month due to shortage of fund.

Yahaya added that the State government is currently in talks with officials of the Ministry, who had pledged to release additional payment to the state within the next few weeks.

He assured that the contractor would move back to the project site as soon as the fund is released by the Ministry. The Commissioner, therefore, emphasized that the project had not been abandoned and that the State government is committed towards its completion.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Boko Haram     ITEM 7     Moses Adekanye     Sam Okaula     Ilorin East     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Hijaab     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Ubandoma     Owo Isowo     Oba Abdulrahim     NITDA     Balogin Alanamu     Bature Bello     Tunji Oyawoye     Mogaji Aare     Saba Mamman Daniel     Oko-Olowo     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Sulyman Buhari     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Gabriel Fashanu     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Yunus Oniboki     Tinubu Legacy Forum     TETFUND     Ahmad Belgore     IF-K     Tunji Folami     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Oko-Erin     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Laduba     Sabi     Chief Of Staff     Durosinlohun Atiku     Esuwoye     Ayodele Shittu     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Neo Mundo Ltd     Yusuf Arowosaye     T And K FOODS     Ramadan     Lola Olabayo     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Sulyman Tejidini     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Oba Abdulraheem     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Abubakar Imam     Bola Olukoju     Isau     Grillo     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Umar Danladi Shero     ARMTI     Adisa Logun     Dan Masanin     Razak Atunwa     Nupe     Col. Taiwo     Otuka     Adanla-Irese     Agboola Babatunde     MalHub     Ariyo     Ilesha Gwanara Road     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Offa Poly     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Saraki     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Moshood Bakare     Isaac Gbenle    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Tsaragi/Share     Obuh     John Kehinde Salako     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Busari Alabi Alausa     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Tayo Awodiji     Emir Of Shonga     Adeleke Ogungbe     Kwabes     Kehinde Baale     Alanamu     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     JSSCE     Kwara Liberation Group     Shonga Farm Project     Ilorin West     Baruten     Joseph Daudu     Lawal Jimoh     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     NYSC     Ibrahim Orire     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Mustapha Olanipekun     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     NaAllah     Aremu Odolaye     Yaru     Ghali Muhammed     SAPZ Project     CUTI     Kayode Bankole     Amos Justus Sayo     Ayo Salami     Oloje     Sun Qing Rong     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ibrahim Oniye     Buari Edun     Tafida     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Yemi Osinbajo     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Gbugbu International Market     Anilelerin     Aliyu Muhammed     Yekeen Alabi     Ogbondoroko     Kamoru Kadiri     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     David Oyedepo     Raji AbdulRasaq     Jumoke Gafar     Aliyu Sabi     Bamidele Adegoke     Photo News     Metro Park     Pakata Development Association     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Isiaka Oniwa     Wahab Agbaje     Al-Adaby     Saka Adeyemo     Tosin Saraki     Ijagbo     Ilorin.Info     Haleeman Salman     Eleja     Aliyu Adebayo     Adaramaja     Otoge     Dele Momodu