The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in Kano has lamented over how some unqualified contractors get contracts worth millions of naira. Acting Federal Road Maintenance Engineer in the State, Ali Abdu, lamented over this when he appeared before the House Committee on FERMA, on Tuesday. He briefed the lawmakers on the activities of the age...
Road contractors are in for a tough time as the price of bitumen, a major component used in the production of asphalt, soared by 150 percent within a period of seven months, between August 2023 and March 2024. Investigation by this paper showed that 20 tons of bitumen, which was sold at N854,375 in August […]
•Umahi (R) The federal government has said there would be no more project variation after mobilisation fee has been paid on a project. Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi who disclosed this in Lagos, said many contractors were fighting him over project variation, declaring that the policy of the federal government is that there would […...