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Plateau SUBEB Opens Bid For 475 Projects
The Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB) yesterday opened bid for the award of contracts for the construction and renovation of 475 projects across the 17 local government areas of the state.
Speaking at the event in Jos, Chairman of the board, Prof. Mathew Sule, said the projects were part of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) projects for balance of 2017, 1st to 4th quarters of 2018 and 2019 normal intervention projects.
Represented by permanent member 1 in the board, Mrs Sarah Ramadan, Sule said that the projects would gulp N6.3 million
According to the chairman, the bid opening exercise aimed at ensuring due process and transparency in the award of contracts.
“This exercise is to ensure transparency and due process is followed in the award of the contracts by SUBEB.
“Today we are bidding for these projects and they include construction and renovation of VIP latrines, block of classrooms, stores, offices, motorised boreholes and fences
“Others projects to be executed include examination halls, laboratories and hostels.
“These projects which are part of the balance of 2017, 1st to 4th quarter of 2018 and 2019 of UBEC normal intervention will be executed in various public primaries schools across the 17 local government areas of the state,” he said.
Sule urged contractors who would be successful, to execute the project according to specifications, adding that the board would not hesitate to sanction erring ones.
He further warned contactors to desist from executing shaddy and substandard projects, insisting that government want value for its money, hence would not tolerate any act indiscipline from contractors.
“Successful contractors should note that they must execute these projects according to specification. Don’t do anything outside the specification.
“Some contractors have failed us in the past, but we are happy that a lot have also made us proud
“So, government and indeed the board will not tolerate and accept substandard job from any contractor, because it want value for its money.
“We will not think twice before revoking contracts that we think the contractors are not performing,” he added.
The chairman called on community members where these projects are domiciled, to cooperate with the contractors to ensure smooth execution and completion of the projects.
Sule thanked governor Lalong for prompt release of counterpart funding for the execution of the laudable projects, adding that the gesture would go a long way enhancing learning and teaching at the primary schools
“We have never had it so good in terms of payment of counterpart funding like under this regime.
“UBEC has rated us 97 per cent in terms of payment of counterpart funding and all the credit goes to our amiable governor.
“This means our governor is an education friendly person and so we thank him so much,” he said.
Speaking at the event, the Coordinator of UBEC in the state, Mrs Sarry Zaka, warned successful contractors against absconding from sites.
Rivers state Deputy Governor Professor Ngozi Nma Odu has commended “The Port Harcourt City One Love,”a Port Harcourt based humanitarian orgnisation For it’s commitment towards alleviating the sufferings of the poor and vulnerable in the society.
Professor Ngozi Nma Odu said this while speaking at this year’s edition of “operation feed the needy” a yearly outreach program of “The Port Harcourt City One Love ” in Port Harcourt.
The Deputy Governor said by feeding more than sixty thousands hungry people within the past six years, the Port Harcourt City One Love Movement has distinguished itself as a club that cares for the less privilege in the society.
She commended the , organization for listing eleven thousand persons to be fed in the current exercise.
Meanwhile The Port Harcourt City One Love has planned a permanent solution to the problem of feeding the poor in the state.
The leader of the group Mr Idaere Gogo Ogan who said this in an interview with newsmen during the distribution of food items to the poor and vulnerables in Port Harcourt said the organization is planning a permanent food kitchen where poor and vulnerable persons can work in anytime and get fed.
Idaere Gogo Ogan said more than sixty thousands poor and vulnerable persons across Port Harcourt City and environs have been fed since the inception of “The operation feed the needy” program six years ago,adding that so far sixty thousands poor and vulnerable persons have beneffited.
He described the group as a platform to promote friendship, brotherhood, community development empathy and feeding the less privilege and hungry people
“That’s what we are doing today here,so we started the exercise six years ago”.he said.
Ogan said the effort was a private sector driven initiative but added “it also involves people in Government because the platform does not recognize any division,we bring everybody together in unity , friendship and brotherhood”he said.
He said the effort will go along way in alleviating hunger especially following the prevailing hunger in the country.
According to him “you know the country is very tough, people are hungry people are starving, there is a whole lot of economic hardship,so for us, this is just our own way of reaching out, our own social contribution to what is very difficult”he said.
Over eleven thousand persons were fed in the just concluded exercise.
Areas of coverage include, Isaac Boro park, Port Harcourt prison/Macoba, Borokiri/Enugu waterside Bundu areas Waterlines and others.
Some of the beneficiaries including an 80 years old widow commended the movement for the annual programm and urged other organizations to emulate them
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