Contractors have been paid, must deliver good projects on time, says Oyebanji
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has said his administration is not owing any of the contractors handling projects in the state.
He stressed that having been paid, the contractors has no excuse not to deliver on time and to specification.
Oyebanji, who spoke in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday after inspecting various road and drainage rehabilitation projects in the state capital, added that any responsible and responsive government must ensure that its citizens enjoy good life and live in prosperity.
The governor inspected the construction of roads at the GRA 3rd extension; Ajilosun – Ikere; Agric. Olope – Matthew street and Midas area on Ado – Iworoko road, adding that his government was making concerted efforts to enure permanent solution to the perennial flooding at the Ado end of Ado-Iworoko road and in some parts of the state.
The governor said, “I came to inspect the progress of the works because the contractors made some promises to us and I am here to cross check the promise against what they have done.
“You know the purpose of government is to make life easy for the citizens and if you know the history of this place very well, this place gets flooded every year and we have resolved that this year, we must ensure that people can move freely and nobody is disrupted, though we have not gotten to where we want to get to but it is work in progress.
“Well, so far so good, I am impressed with some of the contractors. I am not happy with some because of the pace of work. I have fixed a meeting with such contractors so we can discuss. I will ask why they are not moving at the pace they should be moving because to the best of my knowledge government is not owing them any money.”
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