The Federal Government owes Plateau State N4.8 billion for federal roads in Plateau that the state government helped repair, a commissioner has said. The Plateau State Commissioner of Works, Chris Hassan, said on Wednesday, that for the past six years, the failure of the federal government to maintain its roads in Plateau, and the terrible condition of the roads, made the state government to carry out the repairs. Mr. Hassan stated this on Wednesday in Jos, at the state secretariat during a press conference on the two-day tour of road projects under construction in the state. “None of the federal roads constructed in plateau have been compensated,” the commissioner said.

The Federal Government owes Plateau State N4.8 billion for federal roads in Plateau that the state government helped repair, a commissioner has said. The Plateau State Commissioner of Works, Chris Hassan, said on Wednesday, that for the past six years, the failure of the federal government to maintain its roads in Plateau, and the terrible condition of the roads, made the state government to carry out the repairs. Mr. Hassan stated this on Wednesday in Jos, at the state secretariat during a press conference on the two-day tour of road projects under construction in the state. “None of the federal roads constructed in plateau have been compensated,” the commissioner said.

He said the Governor Jonah Jang administration had in the past six years constructed 25 roads (federal and state owned) covering about 80 kilometres. He said the administration has spent N95 billion on the road projects. Speaking on the quality of road projects being constructed in the state, Mr. Hassan said all the contractors were issued with government’s expected standard of roads. The commissioner had threatened to sanction contractors who fail to deliver contracts awarded them within government specifications. Mr. Hassan issued the threat earlier at the end of a tour of projects within Southern and Central Plateau on Monday. He said “after the inspection tour, we shall write our report; and our recommendation will be based on what we have seen. “Anyone who performs below standard will be sanctioned accordingly; we have done such in the past, and are still going to do it. Any contractor that performs below expectation will be sanctioned,”.

The commissioner said the Jang administration was determined to complete all ongoing projects before handing over to another administration on May 29, 2015. “Government is determined to commission all her projects by April next year,” he said.

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The Federal Government Owes Plateau N4.8 Billion for Road Maintenance – Chris Hassan