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‘It’s sub-standard’: Governor queries ₦10.8 billion project execution

The governor ordered the contractor to rework the faulty areas immediately.

Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State on Friday publicly expressed disappointment with the quality of work in a ₦10.8 billion Gully Erosion Control Project of the state government.

“This is unacceptable, water will wash away this. We can’t take this; it’s not possible”, Mr Namadi said as he scratched the surface of a concrete structure.

The governor made the remarks during an on-site inspection of the project at Kargo in Dutse Local Government Area.

He questioned the project’s consultant and the site engineer over the use of low-quality materials and raised concerns about the durability of a project designed to last 100 years.

“Where is the consultant? We can’t take this; it’s not possible. You are here and this (poor quality) work is being delivered?”

“It’s an error,” the consultant replied, but the furious governor interjected and said: “Why error everywhere?

“Where is the project engineer? What are you doing here? Why are you allowing this to happen?”

The rattled supervisor said the project was okayed by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).

But the remark appeared to further enrage the governor.

“Don’t tell me that. Was it the SON that awarded the contract or the state government? Was the contract paid for by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria or the state government? It should be done according to my standards. This is wrong”.

The governor then directed the contractor to rework the faulty areas immediately.

The project to build a seven-kilometre concrete water route was flagged off on 30 November last year.

Supported by the World Bank, it is being executed by the state government under the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) and was awarded to Retercha Company Limited.

The route covers erosion-prone communities of Danmasara, Yalwawa, and Kargo in the state capital.

The project was awarded to address decades-long environmental challenges that have caused the degradation of farmlands, roads, and residential areas and destroyed people’s means of livelihood.

Saywhat10:
Jigawa state Governor caught the contractor by himself.

Nigerians are enablers in the underdevelopment of Nigeria

The government will pay good money for project and then we get a substandard work from the contractors just because they want to cut down cost to enrich themselves.

https://www.9jarep.site/2025/03/jigawa-state-governor-exposes.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiFan8qgf8

Antichristian2:
Flog am!

They ought to have included "Bulala treatment" in the contract.

Like 80-100 lashed of "Bulala" or "Pankere"!

Wicked souls!

WYZAD:
What if I tell u they staged all these?
Politicians scares life out of d devil.

WYZAD:
What if I tell u they staged all these?
Politicians scares life out of d devil.

simpleseyi:
Take your drugs before you run nakked

DSS1335:
And when this bridge/structure collapse, Government will take the blame for endangering the lives of people. Having caught this contractor, revoke the contractual agreement and involve an independent quality assurance agency to investigate the extent of substandard work done

olaiya2007:
Wicked people... They should be prosecuted

WYZAD:
What if I tell u they staged all these?
Politicians scares life out of d devil.

Moyinoluwa35:
Nigeria is wasting people's time, honestly I don't know how to put it in a way that people will understand.
This country is robbing people of their productive years..