Ondo Alters Project Delivery Dates for Contracts Worth over N98 Billion After Dataphyte’s Report

by Olanrewaju Oyedeji

On July 7, 2022, Dataphyte published a report revealing that despite a N202 million contract awarded for renovation of the Ondo State Radiovision Corporation building, the contract has not been executed despite having a twelve months execution period from March, 2019.

Before the report was published, Dataphyte reached out to different officials in the government, seeking explanations as to why the project had been delayed. 

After our enquiries, the contract period on the Ondo state open contracting portal for renovating the Radiovision building was changed from 12 months to four years and four months, with an expectation to conclude the contract by August 2023.

But the alterations did not stop at the Radiovision project, delivery dates for several other uncompleted projects, running into billions of naira, were altered on the open contracting portal.

For instance, the construction of flyover across Sagamu-Benin expressway worth N5.047 billion was earmarked for a duration of twelve months from 7th January, 2019, which would mean that the completion should happen by February, 2020, however the delivery date was changed to 20th of July, 2023. A three-year addition to the earlier delivery date.

Continue reading: https://www.dataphyte.com/latest-reports/public-procurement/ondo-alters-project-delivery-dates-for-contracts-worth-over-n98-billion-after-dataphytes-report/

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