Gombe Govt begins bid process for six roads
Gombe State Government on Thursday, opened bidding process for construction of six additional roads.
The roads to be constructed are categorised into six lots with
Lot 1 covering Kuri–Nassarawan Lambam–Gelamba–Dasa–Junction on Talasse Road, while
Lot 2 starts from Pindiga road–Papa–Lugggerewa–Bappah Ibrahima–Kumo Road.
Others are; Lot 3 which has Mararraban Tappi–Kalajanga–Bamala–Alagarno–Dinawa–Abuja Bula–Girgam–Shongo Idirisa–Gombe Western Bypass Road; Lot 4 which begins from Filiya–Gwandum–Keffi–Felemi–Yaburo–Daja–Guruwa–Gundali Road and Lot 5 for Nafada link Roads while Lot 6 has Bojude–Dirri Road.
Our correspondent gathered that 12 companies submitted their documents. Meanwhile, evaluation of the documents has began this will culminate into awards of contracts.
Speaking during the event, State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Engr. Abubakar Bappah, said the development was in line with Governor Muhammadu Yahaya’s network Eleven-100 initiative.
He noted that the initiative construct would ensure at least one hundred kilometres of roads in each of the eleven Local Government Areas of the Gombe State.
According to Bappah, “Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, on assumption of office, mobilised contractors to abandoned road projects which were awarded by the previous administrations while several other road projects were also awarded with many either completed or at various stages of completion..
“The six new roads will be constructed with asphalt concrete wearing course which will cut across almost thirty (30) towns and villages and that will further open up more economic activities of the areas.”
The Commissioner maintained that only companies that met with the requirements aside for the roads projects would be awarded the contract in order to maintain standard and specifications.
He commended the construction firms that were given roads project in the State for a job well done.
On his part, Representative of Due Process Office, Engr. Gideon Mele who conducted the contract bidding exercise, assured the bidders of transparency in the process of the award of the contract.
He commended the construction firms for renewing their registration and payment of necessary fees with the Due Process Office.
In their separate reactions, Representative of Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr. Abubakar Musa and his counterpart from Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Engr. Jonathan Mshelia, all tasked the bidding companies to adhere strictly to the ethics of the engineering profession when they are awarded the construction projects.
