NEDC warns contractors against compromising contract specifications

NEDC warns contractors against compromising contract specifications

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The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has warned contractors handling various projects across the region against compromising contract specifications.

The Chairman, NEDC Governing Board, Maj:- Gen Paul Tarfa rtd, sounded the warning when he led the newly reconstituted members of the commission on a project inspections tour in Bauchi state on Friday.

Some of the projects inspected include the ongoing construction of the Medical Emergency Unit, Ophthalmology complex at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital.

Others included the proposed Bauchi State Office of the Commission as well as the ongoing construction of NEDC Mega School where the commission expressed satisfaction with the quality of work done.

However, the Chairman, expressed displeasure over what he observed as substandard work being done by the contractor handling the proposed NEDC 300 Housing Units at Dungal community in Bauchi Local Government Area.

Speaking at the site with the contractor, the Management Director of the Commission, Alhaji Mohammed Alkali summoned the contractor to report to the commission’s Headquarters in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.