2023 Governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, revealed, “the Lagos State Government spent billions without competitive bidding, thereby short-changing the people of Lagos”.
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| Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. Photo: grvlagos.com |
According to Rhodes-Vivour: “In May 2023, the Lagos state government spent:
– 4.3 billion on CONSULTANCY service for the UPDATE of the Strategic Transport and Mobility Master Plan for Lagos mega city area. It spent another
– 6 billion for CONSULTANCY service for detailed design and supervision of quality bus corridors.
– 2 billion on CONSULTANCY services for the engagement of a LOAN FACILITATOR.
– 3 billion on CONSULTANCY services for the engagement of a loan transaction arranger and financial adviser.
– Over 3 billion on CONSULTANCY Service for engineering design and supervision of construction of Marina and Mile2 interchanges.
It is important to note that these monies were spent without competitive bidding, thereby short-changing the people of Lagos.
A Rhodes Vivour administration will make transparent competitive bidding a norm. We wouldn’t expend billions on consultants to seek or secure loans just as we will seek to promote local content by making critical investments in our higher institutions (like LASU and YABATECH) to develop and utilise the capacity of these institutions to render most of these services at the best price possible. We will also facilitate and encourage joint solution seeking programs between our academic institutions and world class academic insistutions across the world. This will give us access to the most innovative ideas at a fraction of the cost.
#ourlagos “
Rhodes-Vivour shared proofs (@GRVlAgos):
