Ekiti terminates bridge contract, blacklists firm over shoddy job

From Ifedayo Sayo, Ado-Ekiti

EKITI State government has terminated the contract for the reconstruction of River Ele Bridge at Itapaji Ekiti over the failure of the contractor to commence work on the project.

The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr. Taiwo Olatunbosun, who made this known at the weekend, said the contract was awarded to Messers Kopek Construction Limited since October 2008, adding that the failure of the firm to commence work on the project left the state government with no alternative but to terminate the contract.