Ekiti revokes contract for four roads
From Ifedayo Sayo, Ado-Ekiti
ACONTRACT covering four roads in Ekiti State has been terminated by the state government.
Special Assistant to the Governor on Information, Mr. Kola Ajumole, in a statement at the weekend said the contractor handling the road, Iworoko-Are-Afao-Igbemo, has not shown enough competence.
Though he did not name the contractor, Ajumobi said the road project would soon be re-awarded to a competent contractor who would execute the job to the taste of the state government.
He disclosed that the state government has acquired 25 hectares of land in each of the 16 councils of the state for its tree-planting campaign.
Ajumobi explained that the emphasis on the tree campaign this year would be on forest regeneration and economic reawakening, saying trees such as teak and masonia would be planted.
The state government's spokesman said electricity has been extended to the Egbe Dam owned by Ondo and Ekiti state governments. He maintained that the supply of electricity to the dam has boosted pipe-borne water supply to many communities in Gboyin Council Area of the state.
On the national food programme, he said the state government has established its own special programme for food security, which resolved the cultivation of 404 hectares of land for the production of yam, cassava and maize.
He said 253 farmers would be participating in the cultivation of the food crops, adding that the sum of N11 million has been set-aside for distribution to participating farmers.
According to him, the 404 hectares are in Osin, Erifun and Eporo adding that bore-holes have been sunk in the three communities and motorcycles were given out to the heads of the farmers.
Ajumobi also disclosed that personnel from the state are being sponsored on training programmes to Malaysia to learn the new technology of using mud bricks for building of low-cost houses in the state.
This technology, he explained would assist the state in its rural housing programme, which is expected to take off very soon.
