Oyo State Govt. awards N27.6bn contract for dualisation of roads
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Contract
By Akeem Abas
Ibadan, Nov. 7, 2016 (NAN) The Oyo State Government has awarded contract for the dualisation of four roads across the state to various companies at the value of N27.6 billion.
The state’s Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr Wasiu Dauda, told newsmen in Ibadan on Monday that the government took the decision at its State Executive Council meeting.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three of the roads are located in the Ibadan metropolis, while the fourth is located in Saki area of Oyo State.
Dauda said that the 11-kilometre Saki Township road from Oke-Ogun Polytechnic to Ilesa Baruba road had been awarded to Adold Engineering Development Company at a contract sum of N8.22 billion for a period of 18 months.
He said that the 7-kilometre road from Idi Ape-Basorun-Akobo-Odogbo barrack junction, including an overhead bridge across Lagos-Ibadan expressway to RCC Nigeria Limited at a sum of N7.2 billion for 18 months.
Dauda said the dualisation of 7.3-kilometre Agodi-Gate-Old Ife road-Adegbayi junction with limited rehabilitation of spur to 3- kilometre Alakia-Ibadan Airport, including an underpass bridge across Lagos-Ibadan expressway had been awarded.
He said that the road was awarded to Charvet Nigeria Limited at a contract sum of N8.5 billion for a period of 18 months.
The commissioner said that the expansion of the 3.2 kilometre Oke Adu Junction -Agodi Gate- Idi Ape -Iwo Road Interchange was awarded to CGC Nigeria Limited at a contract sum of N3.6 billion for the duration of 12 months.
He disclosed that the government sourced money for the awarded road contracts from a Federal Government’s special intervention fund for infrastructure.
Also, the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr Isaac Omodewu, said that obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) in the state now takes only 60 days with genuine and complete documents.
He urged the people to walk into the ministry to do the processing and should not pay any money to staff or agents, adding that the amount ranged from N100,000 to N150,000.
Omodewu said that government was ready to acquire all abandoned quarters and those not put to good use for rehabilitation into luxury properties to boost the state`s revenue.
He said that government had opened two new Government Reservation Areas (GRAs) along Lagos – Ibadan expressway, Oyo-Ibadan expressway and behind State High Court, Ring Road.
The commissioner urged anybody interested in the purchase of land in these areas to visit the ministry for more details. (NAN)
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Edited by Mustapha Lamidi/Felix Ajide
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