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Nigerian government approves N27 billion for construction of Kishi-Kaima road

On Monday, the Kwara Government announced that the Federal Government had authorised N27 billion for the state's Kishi-Kiama Road constructi...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief October 11, 2022
Updated October 11, 2022 at 9:31 AM
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On Monday, the Kwara Government announced that the Federal Government had authorised N27 billion for the state's Kishi-Kiama Road construction.

The financial permission was the reason the state government halted construction on the road, according to a statement from Rafiu Ajakaye, the governor of Kwara's chief press secretary.

“The Federal Ministry of Works has informed us that we should stop work on that road because they have got new approval from the Federal Government and the contract for the road has been reissued at N27bn.

“The Kishi-Kaiama road is very important for the whole of the country because of the volume of trade in farm produce,” he said.

“The contract was first awarded over 10 years ago and it is a federal road. However, nothing was happening.

“When we came, we tried to continue the project and the Federal Ministry of Works has now asked us to terminate the contract and vacate the road.

“The ministry said the former administration in the state gave the contract to a company that did not meet the requirements.

“We removed them and gave it to the company that came second in the bid and we mobilised the company with as much as N600m.

“Our latest communication with them (FG) was that they want to re-award the contract and that our own contractor should vacate the site.

“That is why work has stopped on Kishi-Kaiama Road,” Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq was quoted as saying.

According to the statement, the governor promised that work will begin on Bode-Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu Road next year, saying the project would be financed through a portion of BUA Group tax.

“We are also trying to construct Bode-Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu Road using the road tax infrastructure scheme with BUA Group.

“Hopefully, by the first quarter of 2023 work should begin on that road.

“The plan is that BUA Group will use a portion of its tax to the Federal Government to fund the road.

“We have been on that discussion with BUA to open up Bode-Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu Road.

“Most of our major roads are federal roads and they are in deplorable conditions,” Abdulrazaq said.
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