Adamawa raises cost of 17.3km township roads rehabilitation to N7.1 billion
Adamawa has approved a N1.3 billion increase in the cost of construction and rehabilitation of 17.34km of roads in Jimeta.
Contracts for the jobs were originally awarded to an indigenous company at the cost of N5.8 billion in 2019, but the raise approved on Wednesday at the cabinet meeting increased the cost to N7.1 billion.
Information commissioner Umar Pella told journalists that the jobs scheduled to be completed in 18 months had yet to be finished.
He explained that while construction or rehabilitation had been completed on some roads, others were at different stages of construction or rehabilitation.
Mr Pella said the quantum of work still needed to be done informed the decision of the cabinet to increase the contract sum and to set a new completion date of the next 12 months.
He also said the approval of the contract sum was informed by the increase in the cost of construction materials and the new scope of work.
(NAN)
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