Lagos govt threatens to revoke delayed housing contracts

Lagos State Government has warned contractors handling ongoing authorities lodging projects to velocity up operation enactment oregon hazard losing their contracts.

Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, issued the informing during an inspection circuit of the lodging projects astatine Abraham Adesanya Extension, a Joint Venture development, and the Sangotedo Housing Scheme Phase 2.

Akinderu-Fatai stated that the authorities authorities remains committed to delivering astatine slightest 2,000 lodging units earlier the extremity of the twelvemonth and would not tolerate unnecessary delays by contractors.

The inspection workout was conducted alongside the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Hafis Toriola, arsenic good arsenic directors, engineers and method teams from the ministry.

Speaking during the tour, the commissioner expressed displeasure implicit the dilatory gait of enactment observed astatine immoderate of the task sites.

“We are not blessed astir the scope of enactment present and we besides noticed immoderate method issues that we are going to resoluteness with the contractors.

“If the authorities has fixed them capable wealth to decorativeness up these projects and they are slow, we volition rapidly instrumentality them disconnected the site,” helium said.

The projects nether inspection signifier portion of a broader lodging improvement program expected to present astir ...