Rivers Sole Administrator Cancels All Procurement, Tender Processes in Rivers State

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By Kolawole Ojebisi

The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has directed Ministries, Departments, and Agencies in the state to cancel all pending procurement and tender processes being executed before the declaration of emergency rule.

Ibas said the cancellation became necessary following the Supreme Court judgment and the absence of an Appropriation Law within the period.

This was contained in a Special Government House Announcement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday, signed by the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika.

The Sole Administrator directed all MDAs that carried out such tender processes for projects in their respective offices to refund such tender fees to the respective contractors immediately.

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.

“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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