The Government of Ekiti State has charged contract managers of all government projects across the state to strictly follow the specifications and timelines approved on the projects.

The Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement, Mr James Folorunso, who is also the Special Adviser to the governor, made this call, on Saturday.

Speaking in Ado Ekiti while monitoring some ongoing projects, Folorunso stressed that Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s administration is committed to quality jobs, as it would stand test of time.

The Director inspected different projects including the Ekiti State International Centre for Arts and Culture, Revenue Building, Indoor Sports and House of Assembly Complex renovation works and emphasized that quality work would. make positive impact on the lives of the people.

While Folorunso expressed satisfaction with the part of the jobs that have already been done, he stated that the monitoring exercise was a formality of the Bureau’s statutory just to make sure that the state got value for the money spent on the projects.

He said the exercise was mandatory for ascertaining the quality and level of work done by contractors before they would be paid.

“This present government led by Governor Oyebanji believes in quality projects. We won’t allow any contractor to use substandard materials and that’s why we give them close monitoring on every milestone from foundation level to finishing stage.

“Our Bureau monitors government projects particularly before we issue Certificates of Payment for release of funds. It is important to ensure compliance with the set standards. We need to move to sites and physically see what is being done as we can’t just sit in the office and rely on submitted papers on the project and this is what we are doing here today,” he said