Gov Namadi suspends N1.3bn Jigawa general hospital renovation contract

Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi has ordered the contiguous suspension of the N1.3 cardinal declaration for the renovation and remodelling of Gumel General Hospital.

The determination followed an unscheduled late-night inspection of the facility, during which the politician assessed the prime and gait of enactment astatine captious sections of the hospital, including the antheral and pistillate wards, the General Out-Patient Department, and the isolation centre.

The politician expressed his dissatisfaction with the contractor’s show and ordered the contiguous suspension of the project.

Governor Namadi said the enactment carried retired truthful acold did not bespeak the scope of the declaration awarded by the authorities government, describing the advancement arsenic unsatisfactory.

According to him, the task was intended to present a broad renovation and remodelling of the hospital, but the execution had failed to conscionable the government’s expectations.

“The advancement of the enactment is unacceptable. We approved a implicit renovation and remodelling of the hospital, but what we person seen does not conscionable the agreed standard. I person truthful directed that the task beryllium suspended portion we reappraisal the concern with the contractor,” the politician said.

He directed the Ministry ...