Kwara Assembly summons education commissioner, contractors over shoddy projects

The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned the Commissioner for Education, Fatimah Bisola and some contractors respectively to appear before it.

The commissioner and others were invited to tell the chamber, reasons for the poor execution of some government projects across the state.

The lawmakers who went on a one-day inspection visit to locations of various projects lamented that the renovation done at the Government High School, Adeta was below the amount awarded to the contractor.

The Speaker, Yakubu Danladi Salihu said the level of work done by some of the contractors did not commensurate with money paid to them.

Projects inspected by the lawmakers included road projects at College of Education, Ilorin; Kuntu-Adeta; Awolowo-Daudu; 500 KVA transformers installed at Adewole and behind KWASU Contact Office, Zango Ilorin; Kwara State Broadcasting corporation; Apata Yakuba and Government Day Secondary School Agbabiaka, Ilorin.

Another team led by the Deputy Speaker, Hon Raphael Olanrewaju Adetiba; inspected the renovation of Ajasse Ipo Comprehensive High School, Government Technical College, Esie; Oro Grammar School; Victory College of Commerce, Edidi; and Esie Museum Road In Irepodun Local Government Area.

Others are Oro Ago – Oyate road; Oro Ago Water Works; Igbaja Water Works; renovation of classrooms at Baptist Grammar School; Igbaja In Ifelodun Local Government Area.

Meanwhile, Adetiba, a lawmaker, expressed satisfaction with the quality of work on Esie Museum Township Road and Oro Grammar School.

He urged the contractors handling the various projects to always maintain quality to enable the projects stand the test of time.

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