Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the Rivers administrator, has canceled all ongoing tender and procurement procedures conducted by the state’s ministries, departments, and agencies.
According to the Rivers administrator, the Supreme Court’s ruling and the lack of an appropriation law during that time made the cancellation essential.
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This was stated in a Special Government House Announcement signed by Prof. Ibibia Worika, the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, on Thursday.
The Rivers administrator ordered all MDAs that conducted these tender procedures for projects in their offices to promptly reimburse the relevant contractors for the tender payments.
The statement read, “In adherence to the Supreme Court judgment upholding the Appeal Court ruling in Suit No. CA/ABJ/CV/133/2024 and in the absence of an Appropriation Law, the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral (rted) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, wishes to notify the general public that all procurement and tender processes that were carried out by Ministries, Departments and Agencies during the period are hereby cancelled.
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“Accordingly, all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies that carried out such tender processes for projects in their respective offices are, by this special announcement, mandated to refund such tender fees to the respective contractors immediately, pending the approval of a spending plan by the state, which shall be notified in due course.”
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