The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology, has expressed concern over disparities in the bill of quantities used in the award of school projects across the state.

Mr. Daniel Ogazi (APC-Kokona East), Chairman of the Committee, made the statement on Thursday when he led other members for an inspection tour of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) school projects in Keffi Local Government Area and Panda Development Area, respectively.

Ogazi, who is also the House Deputy Majority Leader, said the committee observed that some projects of the same nature had different contract sums.

He said the committee would ensure that those contractors whose bills of quantities were high would be reviewed and would be made to return some funds.

He also promised that the committee would invite the consultant, Canonic Associates, to brief the committee on the disparities.

The chairman said the committee embarked on the visit to see things for themselves with a view to correcting any abnormalities if discovered.

” We are inspecting these projects as part of our constitutional responsibilities in ensuring that standard jobs are done, anything short of quality jobs will not be accepted by the committee,” he said.

He also said that the committee would right any wrongs in the award of schools contract in the state.

Ogazi urged headteachers, youths and community leaders to take ownership of projects in their domain in order to ensure that standard works were done.

He called on the management of SUBEB to intensify efforts at supervising school projects to ensure that good jobs were done by the contractors.

” We are going to make all our observations to SUBEB for necessary action on erring contractors, ” he said.

The deputy majority leader further assured the people of the state of the committee’s readiness to inspect school projects and other projects to ensure accountability and transparency in the execution of government projects in the state.

Some of the schools visited by the committee include Nur-ud-Deen primary school, Keffi, LGEA primary school Ahmadu Maikwato, Keffi, Islamiya primary school, Keffi, St Williams Primary school, Keffi, Model Science primary school, Keffi, Asasul Islam primary school, Keffi, Ibrahim Barde primary school, Angwan Waje, Keffi, Yelwa 1 primary school, Keffi and Yelwa 2 primary school, Keffi.