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In clear technology-driven spirit, Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has unveiled a scientific device – the Automated Road Analyser (ARAN) that would monitor and ensure that road projects are done according to specification. Governor Amaechi launched the ARAN vehicles in Government House, Friday. Amaechi explained that the device would be used by his administration to check quality of work done on road projects according to laid-down specification. The vehicles would be driven on newly constructed roads to determine their quality. He said the measure would check fraudulent activities of some road contractors who fail to adhere to project specifications when constructing roads in the State. “The project has been commissioned already by what I directed them to do. I asked them to take the measurement of the quantities on Ada George road because we have paid up a lot of money on Ada George and the road is supposed to move from 15cm to 80cm both on the wearing cost and the final cost, so that it can last for a very, very long time; the same quality of work we did on Port Harcourt-Owerri road. There is also Elioparanwo road where I also asked them to take measurements. “What this does for you is that contractors who are used to fraud in road construction will now know that they cannot succeed, because as they are working, these vehicles are expected to take measurements of the quantities that they have put in place because there are quantities on all contracts and most contractors who want to cheat you will just not do that, because you can’t see the quantities unless you measure by scientific means. What this does is that you bring science and technology into monitoring and evaluation of the work that they have done,” he said. Amaechi explained that the monitoring devices would be manned by trained personnel from the State’s Ministry of Works and from the Office of the Board of Project Procurement (BOPP). Director General, Office of Public Procurement, Mr. Franklin Nlerum said the equipment were secured to introduce a scientific basis of assessing level of work done on roads in the state with exact information on the projects and promote transparency in execution. Nlerum said, “The purpose of the Automated or Automatic Road Analyser (ARAN) is to introduce an empirical or a scientific-basis of assessing road and managing road infrastructure. So once you drive it on a road, it will be able to give you the conditions of the road, the smoothness of the road and it will help you determine when to repair or reconstruct a road. “It will give you the exact information from each road that would be used to assess what the specifications of each road is. You know, when engineers go to the field, they do monitoring work and write report. The room for dispute and disagreement is large but when you have a scientific basis like this automated process that is reputable, the accuracy is guaranteed; because it doesn’t matter who, once you know how to operate it, you will get the same result. So what it does is to improve transparency and make for reputability of the exercise.”

That's the peoples Governor. Always bringing something new to the political Table for others to copy like Governor Akpabio copied from Amaechi the popular Monthly Town Hall Meeting.

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Do they not have a resident engineer attached to the contractor?
Don't the contracts have provision for inspectors?
The ARAN could be of use on an already built facility for which there are no as-built records.
For on going projects it would be a travesty to allow the contractor to backfill subworks without documentation from a licensed professional.

tit: Do they not have a resident engineer attached to the contractor?
Don't the contracts have provision for inspectors?
The ARAN could be of use on an already built facility for which there are no as-built records.
For on going projects it would be a travesty to allow the contractor to backfill subworks without documentation from a licensed professional.

Shut it!

Clerverly:

Shut it!

Dan duri!
Ode nie!

On every FP. Quote me n go to hell.

I hope Nigerians will realise the importance of computers in the nearest future so voting process will can computerised....

Amechi and his white sheepopotamus elephant projects

hmm cool.


But no be person go man nam, stuff the person with some millions and he ll alter the readings sharply .

You don't know Nigerians yet.

He's working

I like this guy Amaechi.


I like his guts.

If only GEJ can have half Amaechi's brain

To monitor any pdp official entering into d state and anbush dem as he was ambushed @ekiti...walahi if dem don't turn back in 30mins nah bullets go turn dem back..#onemanmopol#

That's a very good development from the state governor. But he should see to some roads around oil-mill. They need to be taken care of. Good one, Mr Governor.

Ok

Mtcheew

Nice...

mtcheew! What is the efficiency of the car? Was there a prototype produced, tested n confirmed before this? How will this monitoring device ascertain or discover deadldy potholes say 50km from the spot it was driven?


Well, I believe matured minds know the rest.

SMH!

great.

can some one help me tell this man to pay corpers their state allowance

cool

buh I hope d analyzer was d one done by a Nigerian called Deji Adepoju

All they need to do is to ensure that roads are built to international standards and put stiff penalties in event of failures earlier than 5years or 10 years. That is if you do road and it goes bad before 5 or 10 years the contractor should be jailed for 25yr

I wish Nigeria appreciated visionary leaders more

ARAN ko, IRAN ni. Machines can be manupulated also because humans control it. All we need are trustworthy people who can account for their contract.

bigass: All they need to do is to ensure that roads are to be built to international standards and put stiff penalties in the event of failures earlier than 5years or 10 years. That is if you do road and it goes bad before 5 or 10 years the contractor should be jailed for 25yr

Have you found the "affordable wedding rings" you were looking for Shouldn't you be in Alaba International market instead of messing around this board asking Fashola to demolish people's houses or calling this a "lie"

When counting top 3 performing governors Ameachis name must be there, like him or hate him d man is working

tit: Do they not have a resident engineer attached to the contractor?
Don't the contracts have provision for inspectors?
The ARAN could be of use on an already built facility for which there are no as-built records.
For on going projects it would be a travesty to allow the contractor to backfill subworks without documentation from a licensed professional.

wetin dis mumu know and wetin hin dey talk! Abeg go sidung for one side.. Sabi-sabi.

size38: That's the peoples Governor. Always bringing something new to the political Table for others to copy like Governor Akpabio copied from Amaechi the popular Monthly Town Hall Meeting.

sometimes I wonder if there's something right inside ur skull *spits*

This is a really good development. I keep saying it that, you can't actually make reasonable difference except you are revolutionary. Amaechi has proven time and time again that he is a man of his own world. Kudos to you sir.

That said, I hope this wouldn't be another source of corruption especially for those who will be manning this vehicles as it will be very easy to split the cost of the deficit on a road project between contractor and authenticator.

zicky: When counting top 3 performing governors Ameachis name must be there, like him or hate him d man is working

STFU if u don't live in PH, what is he doing? no single traffic lights working in PH, 80% of roads in Rivers State is in dilapidated state, no proper town planning, the so called monorail project is nothing to write home about (failed project), owing TIMA RIV 6months salary, owing teachers almost 5months salary, same goes for primary health workers, so next time ask PH residents about the current status of PH before posting anything about Ameachi

This is very 9ce, I think every state should own like of 1000 of this vehicle each.