By Correspondent in Lokoja.
Hope has emerged indicating that Radio Kogi,FM 94, the property of the Kogi State Governnent which has been off the air in the last six months due to break down of transmitters, will soon hit the airwaves again.
This is sequel to a Tender Board Meeting the Ministry of Information and Communications in Lokoja where the ministry opened bid for the procurement of transmitters for the radio station.
Gloria Ojochogu Amodu, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the
Ministry, disclosed the holding of the meeting in a statement she signed and The Reporters in possession of a copy on Tuesday in Lokoja.
According to her,the Ministry had invited contractors to bid for the procurement of two 5KW transmitters for Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation.
Amodu said” The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Mr. P.O Stephen, who presided over the meeting in his office, welcomed all the Directors of the Ministry, The Director General of Radio Kogi, representatives of the Bureau of Public Procurement,Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, SSG’s Office, Due Process and the contractors to the biding.”
She qouted the permanent secretary as saying that the Ministry had to follow due process to see that things were done in the right manner with a call on the contractors to deliver a good job.
“The representative of Hybrid Micro Machines Products Ltd, Engineer Omeh Sebastiane, expressed his joy over how the biding was handled, transparently and promised to cooperate with the Ministry in whatever decision taken.
“Also responding, the General Manager Riverdale Multimedia noted that the biding process was correct and transparent,adding that everything was in order.
“The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry commended the Governor of Kogi State,His Excellency Alhaji Yahaya Bello, for promptly releasing funds for the purchase of the transmitters and appreciating the contractors for their responses and assured that due process would be followed.
“The Companies that appeared for the bidding were: Data Quest, Ecalpemos Technology, Hybrid Micro Machines Product and Riverdale Multimedia,” the PRO further disclosed.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
