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FG To Complete N537m Osun Bridge

Federal Government on Friday gave an assurance  that it would complete the ongoing N537 million Ojutu bridge in Ilobu,  Osun.

Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, said this while assessing the level of work on some ongoing Federal Government projects in the state.

Represented by Mr Adetunji Adeoye, the South-West Director of  the ministry, Fashola said that he was impressed with the level of work done at the site.

The minister, who noted that the contract was awarded in April 2017, said that the contractor had been paid N137 million out of the total contract sum.

Fashola also said that government was committed to ensuring that all the ongoing projects in the state and other parts of the country were completed on schedule.

He further said that the infrastructural projects had  created jobs  for the  residents of the state.

Also speaking, Mr Wasiu Atitebi, the Federal Controller of  Works in the state, told newsmen that the contract was awarded and to be completed in  12 months.

Atitebi said that the project  was already 50 per cent completed, adding that government was not owing the contractor.

Mr Humphrey Eihebholo, the representative of Preconsmith Construction Company handling the project, confirmed that government was not owing the firm.

Eihebholo said people from the town were employed at  the project site, adding that it  would be delivered by July.

 

 

 

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