The Ekiti State Government on Thursday said it has approved N1.9bn for the construction of a new governor’s office and high court complex in Ado-Ekiti.

In an open bidding, the Commissioner for Works and Transportation, Funmi Ogun, said this in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

Ogun said the governor’s office will gulp  N687m, while the High Court Complex is N1.299bn.

The contractors that bid for the new governor’s office project at the session included Vyouad Construction Company Limited, Tianjin Yuyang Construction Company and Goodek Ventures Limited.

“It shows that Gov. Fayose is incurably committed to giving Ekiti a face lift and make Ado Ekiti capital city a real modern city,” she said.

“Ekiti will clock 20 years on October 1, 2016 and we have to embark on projects that will make Ekiti a developing state that can compete with other capital cities in terms of infrastructure.

“The High Court we are presently using was inherited from the old Ondo state and constructing a new one of our own will afford us the opportunity to put state-of-the-art equipment.”

Azeez