Minister of Work, Sen David Umahi, has made it known that the Federal Government would not hesitate to terminate the two lingering South South road projects contracts awarded to Julius Berger, CCECC and RCC firms if the contractors fail to show commitment to duty in one week.
The Minister, while addressing Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other Akwa Ibom stakeholders on President Bola Tinubu’s eagerness to flag off Calabar-Akwa Ibom Sections of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway by August, listed the affected federal projects as the Eleme-Onne Section of the East-West Road project in Rivers state being handled by RCC and the Calabar-Itu Road where Julius Berger and CCECC are engaged in handling separate sections.
He frowned at the contractors' slow pace on the projects without meaningful portions completed, disclosing that project abandonment has become a habit of most federal road contractors, many he accused of lobbying government top shots to put pressure on the works ministry to shun sanctioning them.
On the non-commitment of contactors on the Calabar-Itu Road, the Minister said, “By end of this coming week, if Julius Berger fails to re-mobilise to site and CCECC fails to re-mobilise to at least 3 Sessions, their jobs will be terminated.”
On Eleme-Onne Section on the East West Road, Umahi said, “The worse of the roads in entire South South is that Section on the East West Road. RCC has collected over N40Billion. 15km of Road, N156Billion inherited from the past administration.
“We’ve been on them to change their ways. And by the end of next week the 14 days notice of termination will elapsed and we will terminate the contract.”
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, referred the Minister to other critical federal roads projects so abandoned in the state, urging Umahi to further prevail on contractors assigned to return to site to complete the jobs to ease life for the populace and travellers.”
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