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NDDC Threatens To Revoke Road Contract
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Chibuzor Ugwuoha, has threatened to revoke the contract for Izombe/Obokofia Road construction.
Ugwuoha issued the threat when he led the NDDC management team on an inspection tour of projects in Imo State on Tuesday.
The NDDC boss complained that what he saw on ground did not suggest that the firm handling the project was capable of meeting the standard set by the commission.
”In NDDC, we want to do road projects that will last up to 15 years or at least five years before the project starts having any problem.
”What I am seeing here does not show that the contractor is capable of meeting NDDC standard of my desire, nor can the road be compared with the Izombe/Oguta road constructed in the late 1970s,” he said.
Ugwuoha, who expressed disappointment at the level of work on some of the projects inspected, insisted that henceforth, all road projects awarded by the commission must be stone-based.He said that in line with its repositioning posture, NDDC had set a standard which must not be compromised and warned that any attempt to do otherwise would be punished.
”Besides our consultants, we must also be on site continuously to ensure that the contractors are doing the right thing,” Ugwuoha said.
Speaking on the Izombe project, Ugwuoha directed that the contractor should be monitored more closely and warned that “if he doesn’t change, we will be left with no option than to sanction him.
”The NDDC boss urged host communities to cooperate with contracting firms in their efforts to deliver on projects.”While we commend the peaceful disposition of host communities, we shall not hesitate to relocate projects if benefitting communities frustrate the efforts of contractors,” he said.
The Managing Director of the firm handling the road project, Mr. Jasper Jumbo, had promised that the company would do standard job.
Ugwuoha also inspected the 10km Obinze-Umuokanne-Umuapu road project, construction of Ukwugba junction Egbema-Etekwuru-Umuapu road, and the Nworie River dredging by the Imo Government.
The Izombe/Obokofia road project, according to findings, was first awarded by NDDC in 2001 and re-awarded in 2004 with huge sums paid to the firms but little has been achieved.
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