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From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi
The Kebbi State Government has signed out the contract for the construction of the Koko/Zuru, Mahuta, and Dabai roads with three reputable construction companies.
The signing of the contract, which was held at Kebbi State Ministry of Works, was witnessed by the participating companies, namely GNIC, ZBCC, and Habib Engineering Company, each with a specified number of kilometers to cover as specified in the contract agreement and/or documents.
Koko, Zuru is a federal road now being taken over by Kebbi government due to constant construction delays and its economic importance to Kebbi and Nigeria
While speaking during the signing ceremony, Commissioner of Works, Kebbi State Ministry of Works, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Faruk Muslim, thanked Governor Nasir Idris for fulfilled his promises to the the Zuru Emirate.
Muslim described the road construction as timely, saying it will ease transportation squabbles being faced by commuters, opened business activities, and connect the state to the international communities.
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He said, I just want to urge the three contractors to adhere to the contract specifications and not add a kilometre without permission from the ministry’s supervising engineers at site.
“Having carefully selected your companies during the contract bidding and having gone through your records of quality services ,we are expecting a solid execution project from all of you and we will not delay your payments as long as we are satisfied with your job because our governor, Dr. Nasir Idris never owes contractors.”
Koko/ Marafa will be handled by the GNIC company with 37kml at N27bn, while Habiba Engineering is in charge of Mahuta GGC 25km at N18bn and ZBCC will handle Dabai/ Mahuta GGC 25km at N18bn respectively.
Speaking on the sidelines, the representative of engineer Garba Abdullahi who represented ZBCC also commended governor Idris for awarding the contract and pledged a quality job to be delivered within the agreed time.
In his closing remarks, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry,Egnr.,Sa,ad Musa described the Governor as the saviour of Zuru emirate who endured long processes of re-awarding of the contract just for the love of people of Zuru emirate and entire Kebbi people .
” We therefore thank him profoundly for his resilience and uncompromising stand on the very important road”.
