Kogi Gov berates Chinese contractors over substandard job

Kogi Gov berates Chinese contractors over substandard job

By Matthew Eloyi

Governor, Yahaya Bello has berated the Chinese contractor handling the renovation of the Kogi Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, for allegedly executing a substandard project and delay in delivery.

Bello berated the contractor while on an assessment visit to some ongoing projects across the state on Monday, adding that the poor quality of work was unacceptable by the state government.

The Governor, while criticizing the Chinese company, Changjiang Construction Nigerian Ltd, also expressed disapproval with the concerned ministries and parastatals agencies over what he described as the shoddy job done by the contractor.

In his words, “Work done is Zero! Honorable Commissioner for Works, Health, CMD, I am not convinced with what I am seeing here as far as the renovation is concerned. This has shown that you have no capacity.

“This is not GYB’s standard, I am a man of quality and everything I do as far as Kogi State is concerned in terms of project depicts quality and standard, World Standard!

“I cannot imagine that, this is where I am spending money.

“This job is supposed to have been delivered before now. In the first instance, you have delayed; you have breached that particular part of the contract.”

The Governor, however, gave the contractor a deadline till December to ensure that they correct every shabby work done, while he promised to hold responsible those who recommended and certified the company for the job.

Kogi Gov berates Chinese contractors over substandard job