Chairman of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Professor Shehu Raheem Adaramaja said that appropriate punitive measures await contractors who fail to comply with specifications of the ongoing intervention projects.
Adaramaja handed down the warning while inspecting ongoing UBEC/SUBEB intervention projects for 2014/2019 at Gorobani village, Kaiama Local Government Area of the state.
He stated that contractors who failed to meet project specifications and quality in the ongoing projects risked revocation of their contracts and possible blacklist.
The board chairman said “We rejected some projects outrightly and we have instructed the contractors to start again.
“From this supervision, we discovered a number of infractions which we have corrected.
“We got one in Ipe, Oyun Local Government Area, another one in ECWA, we also caught another in Ala, in Isin Local Government Area of the state,” he stated.
Professor Adaramaja applauded some contractors for the job excellently executed, adding that others who performed below expectations were told what to do.
“to the contractors, the message is clear, get it done and get paid, failure to do that, we will reverse the contract. After the first and second warning, the third warning is to revoke the contract” Adaramaja stated.
He added, “we don’t want a situation where somebody will just write to us requesting for payment, we want to see the percentage of work done before payment is made, because, we don’t want to have abandoned projects.”
The board chairman said payment for the projects would be based on the actual job, because, “we don’t want people to run away with public money.”
“That is the message from Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and we are happy for that, we appreciate him for toeing the path of honour,” he said.
According to him, the guideline was clear and the board will not compromise.