From Njingang
Godwin, just back from Ndian
The divisional delegate of economy, planning and
regional development, MINPAT for Ndian, Fosop Asaah Dominic has cast doubts on
the worth of lowest bidders in public contracts.
Fosop made the observation during the second quarter
of the participatory follow-up committee of the public investment budget of
Mundemba. He opined that the entire idea of lowest bidders should be wiped out
in the division, pointing out that lowest bidders in most cases fail to execute
their projects.
Fosop disclosed that more than 1 billion FCFA received
by the division within the framework of the 2014 PIB was later increased by 800
MFCFA under the priority investment program of the ministry of planning.
Speaking earlier, the vice chair of the follow-up
committee, Rev. Father Mugagga told participants that all projects earmarked
for the division must be consumed at 100% and that no individual should stand
as barrier to this since the long arm of the law is awaiting defaulters.
He disclosed that the 2013 low execution rate was
attributed to the late launching of the financial year, the late arrival of the
project logbook and the non mastery of the financial regime “result-based
budget.”
The vice chair appealed to the administration to
intervene and help curb the problem of lowest bidders as earlier stated by the
MINPAT delegate in order to remedy the situation. He said that some gamblers
who lack mastery of the terrain exploit the situation of lowest bidders to get
contracts which they never execute and even when realized, the quality norms
are not respected. He however promised sanctions on any contractor who dares abandons
his job.
Presenting the execution statistics, the delegate
noted that Ndian division was allocated 123 projects for 2014 and out of that
number only 30 had been executed at 100% while 2 were ongoing with up to 61
still hanging. The physical execution rate going by the delegate stands at
28.6% while the financial execution stands at 9%, a rate the participants
agreed was below average. At the end of the meeting, some measures were taken
to hasten the rate of contract awards and project execution rate.
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