Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed with the District Head of Katagum, Usman Mahmood, left
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has revoked the N75m contract for the reconstruction of the palace of the district head of Katagum in Zaki Local Government Area of the state for what he described as unsatisfactory slow pace of execution .
The governor announced the revocation of the contract on Saturday during his projects inspection tour in the area, lamenting that despite paying 100 percent of the contract fee, the contractor who is a chieftain of the PDP in the state, failed to complete the project within the stipulated time.
According to him, after paying the full money for the project, the contractor demanded for increase which he said was done, adding that the contractor still failed to finish work.
He said that the district head had to use his personal money to fund the project, pointing out that government can no longer condone the unruly act of the contractor.
Bala Mohammed raged that, “This is the place and the umbilical cord of every Katagum person and that is why when we came, it was the first palace we awarded contract for it to be rebuilt. We gave some money, 100 percent and later, there was a variation.We paid half of the money, but the contractor did not deliver the contract.Other palaces that were started after it, have been completed.”
The Governor added that, “They are in Warji and Toro, why should this one not be completed? By the responsibility conferred on me, the contractor is my friend and my associate from the same political party, but because of the trust and responsibility, I have revoked this contract.We are going to award it to somebody that will do it and then, the rest of the issue will be sorted out between me and him”.
While Responding, the District Head of the area, Usman Mahmud Abdullahi thanked the governor for the reaward of the palace contract, saying that governor Bala Mohammed always has the interest of the people at heart.
