By Uchenna Okolie, (Borno State Correspondent)
Borno state government has terminated the contract for the construction of 20 kilometers of Maiduguri township road and drainages awarded nine years ago due to underperformance by the respective contractor.
Speaking at a media briefing on Friday in Maiduguri, the state Commissioner for Works, Alhaji Yerima Saleh, said the resolution for the revocation of the N6.7 billion contract was reached at the state executive council meeting of 3rd February, 2021.
According to him, a mobilization fee of two billion nairas was initially paid to the contractor on 25th June 2012 for the construction of Bulumkutu road network and spar road from Ramat Polytechnic-Wulari junction within the metropolis but executed only 30 percent.
Alhaji Yerima Saleh explained that the state government has exhausted all clauses in the agreement; however, the contractor has failed to meet the expectations of the government.
" Certain challenges faced by the government are roads which are contracted out and the contractors failed to perform, hence government wants to take over the roads for completion.
“Government has agreed to terminate this road. The valuations if we were to terminate this contract based on the progress so far the contractor has made, the contractor is now to refund the sum of 659, 359, 211 naira to the Borno state government”.
The Commissioner remarked that the 2.3 kilometer Ramat Polytechnic-Wulari junction road has been re-awarded through direct labor at the cost of 230 million nairas.
He warned that government will not hesitate to terminate any contract from underperforming contractors. NNL.
