Kano Govt. awards “lungu kalkal” contracts in metropolis
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Kano, Jan. 13, 2017 (NAN) The Kano State Government has awarded four “lungu kalkal” contracts to give face lift to nooks and crannies in Kano metropolis.
The contracts include the construction of Kofar Dan-Agundi to Emir Palace road and three concrete reinforced line, interlocking tiles at Dala, Gwale and Fagge Local Government Areas.
The state Commissioner for Works, Housing, Land and Regional Planning, Alhaji Shehu Haruna, said the four projects were under the state government special programme tagged “Lungu kalkal”.
According to him, the programme is aimed at sanitising the Kano Municipal Local Government Area and its environs.
Haruna said the contract for the construction of Kofar Agundi to Emir’s palace road was awarded at the cost of N288.9 million.
He added that the construction of reinforced contract line drains and interlock tiles at Dala was awarded at the cost of N231 million, while the construction of re-enforced concrete lines drain and interlock tiles at Gwale would gulp N169.6 million.
The commissioner also said that other contract awarded at the cost of N117 million included the construction of re-enforced and concrete line drain at Fagge.
This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Mohammed Sani, the Public Relations Officer in the state’s Ministry of Works, Housing and Land, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Friday. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola