Oyo govt. sacks contractor handling Ibadan circular road project, gives reason

Oyo State government has ordered the immediate termination of the Ibadan Circular Road contract, asking the contractor handling the project, ENL Consortium, to stop all activities on the construction site following the initial notice of termination of contract on August 31st, 2020.

The state’s commissioner for Works and Transport, Prof. Dahud Sangodoyin visited the construction site to restate the government’s stance. He urged the contractor to evacuate the construction site as its services were no longer needed, as reflected in the disengagement letter.

The commissioner, who spoke with newsmen after the visit to the site, said the consortium’s contract was terminated after the progress of work was highly unsatisfactory within the timeframe of the contract.

According to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, on Thursday, the 32.2km road was awarded in May 2017, while construction commenced in September 2017 and was scheduled to be completed by 18th March, 2019 before the official contract termination order.

Sangodoyin maintained that the work completed was below 10% after over three years of award and over one year after expected day of completion.

The Commissioner noted that the project was valuable to the state economically and infrastructurally and would be re-awarded to a competent contractor who he said would deliver value and work within the terms of agreement and time frame of contract.

“The circular road is part of the development agenda of governor Makinde, so we won’t abandon it but we have terminated the contract with the contractor on the job and we are going to open another phase to award to a competent contractor,” he said.