The Federal Government has terminated its contracts with Mothercat, RCC, and Dantata & Sawoe for non-performance on the dualization of the Obajana-Benin road project sections two, three, and four.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this known in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Uchenna Orji, on Monday in Abuja.
Umahi said that the contracts were terminated due to a delay leading to the expiration of the contracts, which had been awarded since December 3, 2012.
”The Federal Ministry of Works has terminated contract numbers 6136, 6137, and 6138 with Mothercat Ltd., Dantata & Sawoe Construction Ltd., and RCC Ltd., respectively.
”The projects affected by this termination are the dualization of Obajana-Benin Road and Section II (Okene-Alki) in Kogi/Edo.
”Others are the dualization of Obajana-Benin road, section III (Auchi-Ehor), and the dualization of Obajana-Benin road, section IV (Ehor-Benin), both in Edo.
”The termination of the said contracts became necessary in view of the inordinate delay of the affected companies in job performance,’’ he said.
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Umahi said that it was also due to their failure, neglect, or refusal to fulfill their contractual obligations as required by the standard conditions of the contract.
”This has affected the timely completion of the projects, which has resulted in the expiration of the contracts by the passage of time.
”The projects that were awarded on December 3, 2012, were apparently abandoned by the contractors, and no genuine commitment or good faith was shown towards executing the projects after accepting the considerations offered by the Federal Government.
”This thereby exposes the road users to untold hardship due to the deplorable condition of the projects,’’ he said.
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Umahi also said that the engineers in charge have therefore been directed to take the necessary steps to do the needful and arrange with the affected companies for a joint measurement of the work done so far.
”The Federal Ministry of Works under my watch will not condone acts of unseriousness and sabotage by contractors whose plan is to become a clog in the wheel of progress of the Renewed Hope administration.
”Going forward, the government will not hesitate in terminating all projects that are funded but are non-performing,’’ he said. (NAN)