Why my administration hasn’t awarded new contracts -Plateau gov

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has lamented the existence of quite a few deserted initiatives left behind in several components of the state by previous administrations

He mentioned his authorities had not deemed it match to award new contracts for brand new initiatives prior to now one yr since his administration started to allow him to work and full the deserted initiatives for the good thing about the individuals.

Mutfwang made this recognized on Friday throughout a gathering with journalists in Jos as a part of actions to mark his first yr in workplace.

He condemned the adverse impacts that uncompleted initiatives had on the socio-economic growth of the state.

He maintained that his authorities would all the time make choices in the very best curiosity of the state and the individuals who elected him to energy

The governor mentioned, “In the previous one yr, what we’ve got accomplished is an try to stabilize the system. We haven’t gone wherever in what we need to do.

“We haven’t awarded new contracts. All we’ve got tried to do is revisit present contracts as a result of we understand that abandoning contracts is penny-wise and pound-foolish to the general public treasury.

“We believe that government is a continuum and even if you didn’t like the government that left, you have a responsibility to the public to continue with what is of benefit to them”

The governor referred to as on the individuals to proceed to help his administration to allow it to take the state to better heights.

“I need to respect the individuals how they’ve appreciated our interventions when it comes to infrastructure, the highway networks that we’ve got tried to enhance and we are going to proceed to enhance them.

“We will always believe in citizens participation. When people give us feedback about the quality of those works, we receive them and make sure that they are properly done so that the people can get value for their money,” governor added.

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