At least 134 local contractors on Wednesday participated in an open bid held for the construction/rehabilitation of 26 urban roads recently advertised by Kwara State Government, conforming to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s insistence that contract awards would be made only after a transparent process.

Yusuf Garba Manjo, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works and Transport, said the Wednesday bids were the first phase of the exercise because roads for consideration under the phase 2 are still being compiled and are scheduled for execution in the first and second quarters of 2020.

“The present administration under the leadership of AbdulRazaq is committed to ensuring that construction works are given to competent contractors,” he said. “In furtherance of this, the Ministry shall follow due process to ensure qualified contractors are awarded the projects to ensure quality service delivery to the people. We shall ensure strict compliance with the Public Procurement Act.”

He said this road construction/rehabilitation is part of the urban renewal programme of the new administration.

The formal bidding saw the ministry’s officials opening and read out the figures and other details of the bid, including the technical and financial parts of the proposals, with Manjo saying successful bidders would be communicated after the exhaustive processes have been followed.

Some of the contractors who spoke with newsmen commended the state government for the transparency employed in the bidding process which the contractors said was the first such measure in years.

The 26 roads in the first phase, which had earlier been advertised in the newspapers, included Ipata Market Internal Road network; Emir’s Road Patigi; College of Education Road linking Unilorin Mini campus; townhall/station road, Erin Ile; Market Junction-Emir’s Palace Gwanara; Tsaragi-Market Batakpan road; Museum Road, Esie; Adeta Primary School Road, Kuntu; Queen Elizabeth School Internal Road; Tipper Garage Junction Amuyo-Adesoye College Offa; Shao Township Road; Osi Township Road; Oro-Ago-Oyate Road; Sobi Specialist Hospital—Gaa-Osiris-Medina Road Ilorin; Awolowo Road Tanke-Danialu Primary School; Asadam Lower Road by Railway; and Gberia Township Road Kaiama, among others.

The bidding process came amid accolades for AbdulRazaq over the recent rehabilitation (asphalting) of Taiwo Road in Omu Aran; Popo Road in Offa; and Dada road in Ilorin, the state capital.



https://kwaragist.com/kwara-holds-open-bid-for-construction-of-26-urban-roads/

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This is the dream... A country where awards are based on competence and not who sabi who

Nice. Open bidding is the best to rid the system of corruption.

I watched Joy Prime sometime ago and saw Ghanaian government doing open bidding and I was amazed.

Good

Kwara is working
Sacking the emir should be next on the list

Let’s wait and see,no by bidding but by actual construction and finishing d construction

Thank God, at least our engineers are involve

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This is how projects are given to incompetent contractors

AA till 2027

Kwara is working.

This is what we are talking about. Government contracts should be based on COMPETENCE, and not CLOSE CONNECTS.

Click Like if you laud this initiative, and share if you believe other state governors should adopt open bidding for their road construction.

That Tipper Garage Amuyo Road Offa at last......this sweet my bele die

Okay.

They should not forget Oke Odo road too linking to Aleniboro,that road is an eye sore to people living in that environment, I do pity those keke plying the road everyday


Immediate intervention is needed urgently o

The best governor in Nigeria.

Na Audio

The contractors have been pre selected

Oke Odo to Aleniboro/Agbede road is a death trap the road should be asphalted and not only graded with a good drainage system... I'm never comfortable passing through that road even by foot

Kudos to AA

Omoodua007:
Kwara is working
Sacking the emir should be next on the list

why?

landmark86:
Wish kogites can learn from their past mistake just like Kwarans.
Ever since the O TO GE government he taken over the state from Sarakoda, the state have been moving smoothly.
Salary are now paid fully in Kwara State not only that they are among the States that do receive salary on time (22nd of every month).
Aside that many projects has commenced within the state, including the abandoned one by the previous government.
Thumbs up to the present governor of Kwara State.



My fellow people of Kogi state, this coming Saturday is another day to make a better decision between freedom or suffering.
Never allow APC to deceive you again ooo.

Vote wisely.

I thought Saraki was just a senator, are senators now in charge of paying salaries??

In our bid for likes, common sense should be applied too.

Can a never do well just start doing well without no passionate efforrs been shown with a remarkable sound mind !!!!

Am sorry for Nigeria!!!

landmark86:
Wish kogites can learn from their past mistake just like Kwarans.
Ever since the O TO GE government he taken over the state from Sarakoda, the state have been moving smoothly.
Salary are now paid fully in Kwara State not only that they are among the States that do receive salary on time (22nd of every month).
Aside that many projects has commenced within the state, including the abandoned one by the previous government.
Thumbs up to the present governor of Kwara State.



My fellow people of Kogi state, this coming Saturday is another day to make a better decision between freedom or suffering.
Never allow APC to deceive you again ooo.

Vote wisely.

Dont be an hypocrite. Why only Kogi. What of Bayesa. Is it only Kogi that need deliverance or the entire nation.