FG threatens contract revocation over slow-pace of Benin-Ekpoma-Lokoja roadway project

The federal government over the weekend directed all contractors handling the Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi-Okpella-Okene-Lokoja road to speed up work on the quality rehabilitation of the highway or face termination of their contracts. The directive was handed down to the contractors by the minister of works,  David Umahi, during his inspection of various project sites in Edo state. In a statement by the minister’s spokesman, Uchenna Orji, Umahi stated that the government had released funds to the contractors handling the federal projects, warning that contractors who fail to fully mobilize and commence immediate and accelerated rehabilitation works on the projects would have their contracts terminated and their firms blacklisted. Speaking after a meeting with the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, the minister described as unacceptable the delay by the contractors in fully mobilizing to the site and effectively commencing rehabilitation work despite President Bola Tinubu’s prompt release of funds to them for the projects.