Contractors handling all road projects in Plateau State have between now and April 2013 to complete and handover the projects to the State Government, else they will face appropriate sanctions.

Speaking in Gindiri, after inspecting the Gindiri township road network, and Gindiri-Lere road, the last point of an inspection tour of project sites, the state Commissioner of Works, Hon. Christopher Adukuchili Hassan, expressed satisfaction with the level of work on the projects.
The Commissioner said he was impressed with the level of commitment by the state engineers as well as the contractors, and urged them to leave no stone unturned to meet specifications and display expertise, in line with government’s goal of meeting the yearnings of its citizens.

Addressing newsmen in Gindiri town, Hassan revealed that work on 12 more projects will commence soon following approval by Plateau State Executive Council at its last sitting in December.

Responding to a question on the proposed 3 flyovers in Jos, Hon. Hassan said work on the State Secretariat Junction fly over will commence soon, to be followed by others, adding that the projects have been captured in the 2013 budget.

Also on the inspection tour was the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Yiljap Abraham, who said the projects were proof of the fruits of democracy, as communities are connected and living conditions improved, adding that the redemption drive of the Jang led administration is fully on track

Hon Yiljap said the aim of the tour with journalists was to check the level of progress of work, and to insist on quality and timely completion and delivery of the projects.

The tour, he also said, was to show as untrue the claim that projects are sited only in the northern part of the state, assuring that developmental projects are spread evenly in the state, including Gindiri, the last point of the inspection tour for that day.

Yiljap reiterated government’s commitment to quality service delivery, stressing that the Jang administration has so far spent about 30 Billion naira to execute projects, with another N30 billion approved at the last Exco sitting for other relevant projects, this year.

Contractors handling all road projects in Plateau State have between now and April 2013 to complete and handover the projects to the State Government, else they will face appropriate sanctions.

Speaking after the inspection of the Gindiri township and Gindiri-Lere road projects, the state Commissioner of Works, Hon. Christopher Adukuchili Hassan, expressed satisfaction with the level of work undertaken on the projects.
The Commissioner said he was impressed with the level of commitment by the engineers and contractors, and urged them to leave no stone unturned to meet specification, in line with government’s goal of meeting the yearnings of its citizens.

Addressing newsmen in Gindiri town, Hassan revealed that work on 12 more projects will commence shortly, following the approval received from the Plateau State Executive Council at its last sitting in December.

Responding to a question on the proposed 3 flyovers in Jos, Hon. Hassan said work on the State Secretariat Junction fly over will soon commence, followed by other projects which have already been captured in the 2013 budget.

Also on the inspection tour was the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr. Yiljap Abraham, who said the projects were proof of the fruits of democracy, since hitherto isolated communities were now connected and living conditions have improved, adding that the redemption drive of the Jang led administration is fully on track

Hon Yiljap said the aim of the tour with journalists was to check the level of progress of work, and to insist on quality and timely completion and delivery of the projects.

He added that the tour was to show as untrue the claim that projects were sited only in the northern part of the state, assuring that developmental projects are spread evenly in the state, including Gindiri, the last point of the inspection tour for that day.

Yiljap reiterated government’s commitment to quality service delivery, stressing that the Jang administration has so far spent about 30 Billion naira to execute projects, with another N30 billion approved at the last Exco sitting for other relevant projects, this year.

The Commissioner said the 2013 budget is a budget of conclusiveness as well as consolidation, adding that while some projects are on contingency others are on continuity.

Yiljap assured that government will use the resources available to it to impact positively on the lives of the people of the state.

During the tour, the team inspected road projects and bridges in the Southern and Central Zones of the state.

Some of the bridges inspected were the Total Bridge in Shendam, which was previously washed away by flooding, and the Longvel Bridge, which is currently being handled by the Federal Ministry of Works.

In Kwa, the team gathered that virgin lands were excavated for the road construction. Kwa and Dokan Kasuwa in Quan-Pan LGA now have good road networks. 

Other project sites visited were the Lalin-Garkawa, Mban and Bapkwai bridges, all in Plateau South, and the Gunji-Shiwer and Lankan road projects, in the Central Zone.

Also speaking during the tour, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Engr. Sunday Hyat, said the ministry has divided the projects into four parts. These are the three Senatorial Zones, and Jos, the state capital.

He pointed out that projects executed in Jos cannot be said to have done in the Northern part, but the Capital of the state.

From The Ministry of Information and Communication, Plateau State

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Ongoing contracts and projects being executed in Plateau State – Press Release