Chinese contractor lauds Gaidam’s roads development in Yobe

Posted By: Duku JOEL On: December 4, 2017 as published by The Nation Newspaper

Mr. Wang Yun, Project manager, Garin-Alkali/Guwio-Kura road with his construction team at the project site

A group of Chinese Contractors, ‘KAWADGARBO Road & Bridge Co. Ltd’ has praised the administration of Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam for opening up rural areas of the state through roads construction.
Speaking with our correspondent during an inspection tour of the 16km Garin-Alkali /Gwio-Kura surface dressing road project which is being handled by KAWADGARBO Road & Bridge Co. Ltd, at the cost of N1.5 billion, the Project Manager, Mr. Wang Yun said Gov. Gaidam has made significant impact both in the rural and the urban settlements of the state through his massive road construction initiatives for people of the state.
Wang also expressed his happiness over the peaceful relationship his company and workers are enjoying with the rural communities in the state, stressing that, “all the people here (pointing to the villagers) are our friends. They are very happy with us and we are happy with them too because we don’t have any quarrel with them. All our work is going on smoothly”.
The project Manager also informed that his company is working very hard to deliver the project before March, 2018, adding that 35% of the work so far has been done in less than two months when the contract for the project was signed.

He expressed the satisfaction of the company with the payment from the ministry, saying, “we don’t have problem with payment with the ministry, as I talk to you, they are processing the second payment and we are happy”.
KAWADGARBO Construction according to Wang is enjoying an excellent relationship with the Government of Yobe State and the local people where their projects are been sited.
“KAWADGARBO Group has business concentration in Africa, South Asia and Asia which mainly covers construction of roads, bridges, airport, building and the scope extends to foreign trade, industrial development, new energy and electricity.
“We also have experts in all  areas of operations and over one thousand coordinated technical and research team personnel with long term cooperation with local consultants, design and research centers in several countries.
“KAWADGARBO also has over 4000 sets of specialized equipment and more than 60 laboratories to facilitate and standardize our activities. We have wide cooperation with government, private companies and financial institutions in China, Algeria, Ethopia, South Sudan, Chad, Niger Republic Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, etc.
“KAWADGARBO Road & Bridge Co. Ltd (Nigeria) has developed cooperation with government and private sector by using the combination of advanced construction technology and equipment with high standard in the area of road and bridge construction, foreign trade and industrial development. We have more than 1000 set of specialized equipment and abundant experts in Nigeria.

“Cooperation breeds wealth and innovation empowers development. KAWADGARBO Road & Bridge Co. Ltd is rooted in Nigeria and devoted itself to build a bridge for cooperation to promote the construction and development of the country with all sectors of the society,” Mr. Wang explained.
While speaking with our correspondent at the project  site , Resident  Engineer, Engr. Hassan  Kaku Jibo said the ministry is satisfied with the quality of materials and work carried out by the contractor, adding that “the credibility of the contractors is what is making them get contracts from the state. We are perfectly satisfied with the quality of job that the contractor is putting in place at the site of the project”, Eng. Jibo informed.
Speaking on the importance of the road to Guwio-Kura Community, the Village Head, Habu Lawan Koleh said the road is a great relief for them have suffered over the years as a result of lack of access road to the community.
He informed during raining season, his people travel for four hours for a journey that will not take more than twenty minutes, while praising Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam for fulfilling his promise to the people.
We do not know how to  express our happiness to Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam over this road that he is building for us. You cannot imagine the kind of hardship that we face here during rainy season. People travel here for more than four hours to get to Garin-Alkali but now we only spend just twenty minutes and you are in Gashua. We thank Gov. Gaidam for fulfilling his promise to the people and we all pray that Allah should continue to guide and protect him for whatever he wants to do for the common man in the state,” the Village Head said.
The Nation recalls that the Gaidam administration has at the moment completed 1,100km of roads in the state with others under construction.

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