Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the sole administrator of Rivers State, has cancelled all ongoing procurement and tender processes initiated by the state’s ministries, departments, and agencies.
Ibas stated that the cancellation was required due to the Supreme Court decision and the lack of an Appropriation Law within the timeframe.
This was stated in a special Government House announcement released in Port Harcourt on Thursday and signed by Prof. Ibibia Worika, Secretary to the Rivers State Government.
Ibas directed all MDAs that carried out such tender processes for projects in their respective offices to refund such tender fees to the respective contractors immediately.
The statement read, “In adherence to the Supreme Court judgement upholding the Appeal Court ruling in Suit No. CA/ABJ/CV/133/2024 and in the absence of an Appropriation Law, the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral (rted) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, wishes to notify the general public that all procurement and tender processes that were carried out by Ministries, Departments and Agencies during the period are hereby cancelled.
“Accordingly, all ministries, departments, and agencies that carried out such tender processes for projects in their respective offices are, by this special announcement, mandated to refund such tender fees to the respective contractors immediately, pending the approval of a spending plan by the state, which shall be notified in due course.”
