Rivers state executive council has cancelled a 134 billion naira contract awarded by the past sole administrator of the state, Ikot Ete Ibas to the china civil engineering construction corporation (CCECC) for the reconstruction of the ageing state secretariat complex in port Harcourt.
The council, which reached this decision today at its meeting, also directed the company to refund the 20 billion naira mobilization fee it has already received.
The council, in another development, also approved a 6-man committee headed by the deputy governor of the state, Ngozi Odu, to evaluate and make recommendations for the construction of computer-based test (CBT) centers across the state to facilitate the conduct of external examinations.