Oyebanji Warns Road Contractors Against Shoddy Jobs

Ekiti State government has threatened to reject any road project executed without complying to set standards and specifications to guarantee durability and ensure value for money.

Governor Biodun Oyebanji, who stated this, said all the road projects being executed by his administration were strategically undertaken to transform the economy, ease transportation and ensure security of lives and property across the state.

He spoke in Ikere Ekiti at the weekend when he flagged off the reconstruction of Ikere-Igbara-Odo Road, as part of the activities marking the first anniversary of his administration.

Governor Oyebanji said the rehabilitation of the road would ease transportation of abundant agricultural products from that axis to the main market in Ado Ekiti, Ikere and outside the state that would bolster the economic viability of farmers and increase the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

While assuring that the project will be done to standard, he insisted that all the projects awarded to contractors must comply with their standard to guarantee durability and quality.

“I can assure you that this project, like any other ones, will be given 100 percent supervision. I am also giving the community 100 percent supervisory control on this job. Please do proper monitoring and report to us any suspicious move, “ the governor said.

“On the concern for quality our people are raising, I assure you that all our roads will be of BAO’s standard. I can’t do a shoddy job for any town in Ekiti because when I finish my tenure, I am going nowhere. I will stay in Ekiti.

“Apart from the Ministry of Works monitoring this project, I also have a Project Monitoring Unit in the Governor’s Office that will monitor it. We are not just doing projects, we are being strategic about it. We are trying to create a gateway that can make you get anywhere without passing through Ado Ekiti.

“I know the federal government will do the Ikere-Akure road, but we have to provide alternative pending the time the road will be completed and that is what this road will stand for.’’