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| Ibikunle Amosun Gov. Ogun State |
The Ogun State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr.
Olamilekan Adegbite, has said that there has been no price hike on ongoing road
projects awarded by the government in 2013 despite the increase in the cost of
construction materials.
The commissioner was quoted to have said this in a statement
by the ministry’s Press Officer, Mr. Ayokunle Ewuoso.
He said it took the intervention of Governor Ibikunle Amosun
to convince the contractors on why there could be no price variation on the
road projects, adding that the global economic recession slowed down the pace
of work on the projects and the governor was of the opinion that payment of
civil servants’ salaries and other emoluments should take priority over road
projects.
“The governor, as an accountant and a financial engineer,
was able to bring his experience to bear as he was able to convince these
contractors why price variation on all of these projects was not possible
without compromising the standards. Government for now has not revisited the
prices,” the commissioner stated.
Adegbite also said the government would adequately
compensate those whose houses were demolished to provide the right of way for
the construction of a 5.5-kilometre six-lane road in Enugada-Adatan and the
two-kilometre Mokola-Itoko road, both in Abeokuta.
He added that a consultant hired by the government had gone
round to see the buildings and had advised it on how much should be paid as
compensation to the owners, adding that the compensation would be in two folds.
The first fold, according to him, is for owners of the buildings,
and the second one will be for those who had buried dead bodies in their
compounds, which were exhumed and taken to other locations.
The commissioner stated that there would also be grants for
displaced people who did not have money to move their belongings to new
locations.
According to him, the government has mobilised all the
contractors back to sites and those who have yet to get back will return by the
end of April.
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