East-West Road: Minister reads riot act to contractors

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The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru, yesterday, said that evidence before the ministry, showed that contractors handling the East-West Road and other projects in the Niger Delta region had not lived up to expectation.

The minister told the contractors that they had only two options, either they abide by the contractual agreement signed with the Federal Government or refund the money collected for the projects.

Uguru, who gave the warning at a meeting with contractors handling various projects in the region, in Abuja, maintained that the government would ensure that there was value for money.

“So far, with the evidence before us, we have found out that the contractors have not been able to work at the pace set by the contractual agreement,” he said.

The minister noted that the ministry would soon embark on project inspection across the region to ascertain the level of work done at the various project sites, and to find out if the work was done according to set standards, adding that no excuse would be entertained by the government.

On the East-West Road, Uguru said, that the 360 kilometres road was awarded at the sum of N582 billion and that with the ministry’s record, the sum of N276 billion had been disbursed so far.

Source: Vanguard