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Looking at the initial design, we also realised that there was inadequate
provision for drainage. So, we had to remedy that too.
More importantly, the original contract was for what they called, “limited
rehabilitation.” This is just a fancy way of saying they would patch the road.
They would look at those areas that they felt were bad and do some
rehabilitation works. For us, this was awed logic. We knew this would only
amount to kicking the ball forward. In a year or so, we would be back to doing
major rehabilitations.
So, with all the available data, we decided that the more logical thing to do
would be to increase the contract sum by about 2.9 billion Naira and deliver
the quality of road that our people deserved.