The Minister of Public Works (Mintp), Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi, has terminated the contract of the company Bofas Sarl, as part of the rehabilitation work on the Babadjou-Bamenda road between the West and the North West region.
The company specializing in road construction is accused of abandoning work and non-compliance with contractual clauses. The decision to pathways with Bofas Sarl is contained in a release made public this week by the Ministry of Public Works.
According to MINTP, the company was expected to complete the road stretch on October 17, 2023. But in July 2023, during the last site visit carried out by Minister Djoumessi, there was a risk of postponement of the delivery date of work on the road.
This is the second deal that the Bofas company is reported to have lost in the space of three months. Last November 2023, its contract for the construction of the 49KM Esse-Soa road was terminated for the same reason with the project valued at about CFA 29 billion.
However, the project to rehabilit
ate the Babadjou-Bamenda axis (nearly 52 km) on the Yaoundé-Enugu corridor is financed by the World Bank to the tune of CFA 110 billion. In its configuration, the Babadjou-Bamenda road axis has four sections: section 1 Babadjou-Matazem (with a distance of 17km), section 2 Matazem and Welcome to Bamenda (18KM), section 3 Bamenda up to Hill station bypass (near of 5 KM) and the last batch consists of the construction of the urban crossing of the city of Bamenda (nearly 12 km). Only the works along the first section of the road have been completed to over 92%.
Source: Cameroon News Agency
A workshop was held on Wednesday between the National Authority for Evaluation and Accreditation in Healthcare (INEAS) and the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI) during which both sides reviewed the experience of the two countries in setting up national accreditation systems in the health sector.
The workshop chaired by Minister of Health Ali Mrabet, in the presence of Saudi Minister of Health, Fahd bin Abdulrahman Al-Jalajel, aims to benefit from the scientific and practical experience of the two institutions and to explore ways of revitalising the partnership between the two parties.
The INEAS and the CBAHI signed in 2018 a memorandum of understanding to establish common criteria for the accreditation of health facilities.
Ali Mrabet stressed the importance of the exchange of experience and knowledge between the two health institutions and their role in developing health systems and improving the quality of health care and services.
The Health Minister called for us
ing the experience of the fruitful partnership between the two countries to establish an Arab health accreditation network, which would bring together the structures involved in health evaluation and accreditation in Arab countries and provide technical assistance to Arab and African countries that have not yet established accreditation systems.
The Saudi Minister of Health, for his part, commended the level of Tunisian-Saudi cooperation in the health sector and expressed his country’s willingness to strengthen and diversify this cooperation.
The Saudi Minister of Health is making a working visit to Tunisia from February 28 to March 1.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse