N2.02 billion: Ekiti awards contract for 2nd phase of new governor’s office

Kayode-Fayemi

The Ekiti State Government has awarded the construction of the second phase of the new Governor’s Office for N2.02bn.

The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Tayo Ekundayo, said this in an interview with journalists in Ado Ekiti on Friday.

The commissioner explained that the contract was approved during the State Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.

He said the contract was awarded to Interkel Nigeria Limited and the project was expected to be completed in 13 months.

Governor Kayode Fayemi had on assumption of office said his administration would convert the present Governor’s Office to a hotel, which it was originally designed for by the administration of former Governor Niyi Adebayo, who built it.

Fayemi complained that the building, which was converted to office by former Governor Ayo Fayose, was too big, adding that many parts of the structure were not fully being utilised.

The governor also said that the present Government House would also be converted to a hotel in order to boost the state’s investment portfolio.

The administration has also started building a new Government House at a hilltop close to the present one.

Ekundayo also said the state government had awarded the reconstruction of the road from Erijiyan to Ikogosi and the internal roads within the Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort to Rosco Resources for N493.3m and would be completed in three months.

He explained that the five-kilometre road between Erijiyan and Ikogosi would make travelling to and from Ikogosi, which is the tourism corridor of the state, to be very smooth.

The commissioner added that the State Executive Council also approved the construction of the Ero Bridge at Ikun in the sum of N150m.

The bridge is expected to be completed in six months.

Meanwhile, the Chairman, Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to contractors handling Education Trust Fund projects in the state to meet the 50 per cent completion target or have their contracts terminated.

Adelabu gave the warning in Ado Ekiti during a meeting with all contractors handling ETF projects in the state.

The chairman, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Board, Dr. Eunice Dada, said lapses caused by a defaulting contractor would affect the payment of other contractors.

The SUBEB boss, therefore, charged all stakeholders to counsel one another in order to ensure that all projects were promptly completed and to specifications.

Punch Newspapers

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