Ekiti State Government has explained  that the process of award of contracts followed  due process with  openness and transparency.

The State Commissioner for Information, Rt Hon Taiwo  Olatunbosun, spoke in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, during  a roundtable media parley with the Correspondent Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists Ekiti State Council,
Olatubosun explained that award of contracts by the present administration on the State apart following due process, it also of the state procurement laws.

The Commissioner  said all road projects awarded to contractors followed due process, adding that the projects in the state were advertised before being awarded to preferred bidders.

Olatubosun who spoke on the interlink roads within the state capital, said: “We are working seriously on them, but you know, government is a serious business too, and it requires planning. Considering the resources we have, we can’t take everything at a time. So, it must be one after the other.”

Olatunbosun said that the reason for bringing people from Lagos to manufacture dino waste bins was to enable transfer of technology to citizens of Ekiti State and also to create job opportunities for them.

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