Ekiti revokes 16 SUBEB contracts over breach of terms of agreement

*The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board discloses that many of the revoked contracts had been dragging since March 2020 in contravention of the timeframe of the contractual agreement stipulating maximum of 12 weeks for renovation works

Emmanuel Akosile | ConsumerConnect

For contravening the agreed timeline of the contractual agreement for renovation works, under intervention projects, the Ekiti State Government has announced the immediate revocation of 16 contracts on renovation and construction projects, under its 2017 and 2015 UBEC / State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Intervention Project,

Mr. Tope Babalola, Director of Social Mobilisation and Communications of the Board, in a statement Sunday, April 18 in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, disclosed Prof. Femi Akinwumi, Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, explained that the contracts were terminated following a breach of contract terms.

The SUBEB Executive Chairman stated that many of the revoked contracts had been dragging since March 2020, in contravention of the timeframe of the contractual agreement which stipulated a maximum of 12 weeks for renovation works, under intervention projects in the state.

Prof. Akinwumi also ordered the contractor handling the renovation of a block of 6 classrooms at AUD Pilot Nursery and Primary school, Ado-Ekiti, to immediately remove the substandard roofing materials used in the school.

He said: “The contractor was asked to replace them without delay, as specified in the terms of the agreement or also have the contract terminated.”

Akinwumi, who gave the directive after an on the spot assessment of ongoing projects in the state, said the Board discovered that the contractor had used 0.45mm gauge roofing sheets instead of 0.55mm as specified in the UBEC/SUBEB agreement.

According to him, SUBEB recently procured Vainer Slide Calipers for Technical Officers in the 16 Local Government Education Authorities of the state, as part of concerted efforts to enforce standards.