By Rauf Oyewole
The contractor handling the dualisation of 7 kilometers A.D Rufa’i College of Islamic and Legal studies in Misau, MotherCat has assured the completion of the road project before the delivery date of February 2026.
The 7km township road in Misau local government was awarded in February 2024 at the initial cost of N5.6billion but the contractor announced that there was a variation to reflect the inflationary trends which has pushed the cost to N6.5bn. about 16.1 percent increase.
The site Engineer, Nicholas David, said the work was already over 50 per cent completed. “As you can see, we are doing our best and the work is progressing steadily. We have done more than half, and work is ongoing on the other half.”
He blame the unstable prices of materials on the increase while unsure of subsequent increments in the cost of the project.
On his part, a supervisor of the project from the Bauchi State Ministry of Works and Transport, Engineer Mohammed Babagana, commended the contractors for their performance, confirming that more than half of the job had been completed.
Babagana corroborated that the increase in the cost of materials necessitated the variation of the contract sum to over N6bn but assured that quality work would be delivered.
He explained that although the road is a federal highway, the Bauchi State Government took up the project in order to reduce accidents and ease traffic flow for the people of Misau.
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