Sequel to flooding of the
state yesterday by torrential rainfall, the Oyo State
Government has
sacked the contractor handling the Apete bridge reconstruction owing to low
pace of work.
The contract has been
terminated while a new contractor is expected on site within 24 hours barring
due process
Apete was one of the
communities that suffered casualty last during last year August 26 torrential
rainfall during which the bridge linking the community to the mainland was
washed away killing four people including students of the Polytechnic Ibadan.
The community also
suffered same fate yesterday when ravaging rain washed the make-shift, wooden
pedestrian bridge was washed away with properties worth million of naira going
with it
People of the community
had complained that the contractor handling the project was not competent with
the slow pace and pain being experienced by the people.
After their weekly
executive council meeting, during which issue of flooding took the centre
stage, Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Yunus Akintunde, told
newsmen that the bridge, as well as 15 others damaged across by the flood would
undergo urgent reconstruction
They executive lamented
that the state is hampered from demolishing the structures woing to injunctions
secured by the owners against the government.
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