The Minister of Works, Senator Nweze David Umahi, has restated the commitment of the Federal Government to the speedy execution and delivery of road projects across the country.
A statement issued in Abuja over the weekend by the Special Adviser (Media) to the minister, Barrister Orji Uchenna Orji, quoted Umahi giving the assurance during his inspection visit to the rehabilitation work at Enugu- Port Harcourt dual carriageway section 4(Aba-PH) executed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd (CCECC).
He commended the contractor handling the project for showing purposefulness, and he, therefore announced the revocation of the warning letter issued to CCECC a fortnight ago over their delay in mobilizing to the site despite the government’s directive.
“The warning letter given to CCECC for the slow pace of work is hereby revoked. The new pace of work is excellent, the job quality is excellent, and the Controller sends me progress reports every day”, he said.
The minister also inspected the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Enugu- Port Harcourt dual carriageway section 2 (Umuahia Tower- Aba Township Rail/ Road) in Abia State, handled by the Arab Contractors; the East-West Road section 111(Eleme-Onne junction) in Rivers state handled by Reynolds Construction Company Nigeria Ltd; the rehabilitationmof Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway Section 3 (Enugu-Lokpanta) in Enugu state handled by CGC.
Speaking during the tour, he said he was impressed by the progress of work on the respective projects.
He said of RCC” I want to commend RCC openly and with all sincerity. I will also take the quality of work going on to Mr. President because he directed me. I was just barely one week in office when he directed me to go and flag off this project because the leaders of the Niger Delta came to visit him, and they complained bitterly about the road.
He spoke of the good job of the Arab Contractors and said,” I am very happy that the Arab Contractors have done a good job. I commend the contractor. Anybody who wants to get a good job should come here.
“The Controller of Abia State is doing extremely well together with his engineers.” While at the CGC project site, he said, “I have seen the work they are doing, they are doing a very beautiful work. The job quality is very good and the speed is also very good. They are among the contractors that have the highest amount of equipment in any of their project sites. So, I commend them very highly.”
The contractors, who spoke during the inspection visit to their respective projects said they were committed to the new order in road infrastructure development in Nigeria and assured the Minister that they would ensure quality and speed in the delivery of their road projects.
