THREE multibillion naira road projects awarded by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH) have remained uncompleted 10 years after they were awarded.

The projects were approved under the administration of a former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

The projects are the Nkporo-Abariba Ohafia, awarded at a contract sum of N2.73 billion; the Abariba-Arochukwu-Ohafia road approved for an award at N2.26 billion; and the Ohafia-Oso road, approved at N2.29 billion, all in Abia State.

The contracted firms for the projects are Dutum Construction Limited, Beks Kimse Nigeria Limited, and Uniglobe, respectively.

Two of the road projects date back to 2012 while the other was awarded in 2013, But till date, they have not been completed and are not beneficial to rural dwellers who would have largely relied on them for their daily socio-economic activities.

The FMWH has distanced itself from awarding all three projects, saying it awarded only two. The two projects it claimed to have awarded are the Abariba-Arochukwu-Ohafia and Ohafia-Oso roads.

Findings revealed the projects have already been tagged ‘No Work in Progress’ by the works ministry responsible for its delivery.

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On January 24, The ICIR wrote a Freedom of Information request to the FMWH requesting for information on the level of work done on the selected road projects in Abia State, in the South-east region.

The response discovered that two of the three road projects – the Nkporo-Abariba-Ohafia road and the Abariba-Arochukwu-Ohafia road were awarded in 2012, while the third, the Ohafia-Oso road, was awarded in 2013.

The Ohafia-Oso road work is the only project that has attained about 80 per cent completion, while the two earlier mentioned have not completed 30 per cent.

Project neglected since 2018

Findings revealed that the first awarded project, the Nkporo-Abariba Ohafia-road, offered to Dutum Construction Limited was contracted on June 22, 2012.

From the awarded sum of N2.73 billion, only N670.58 million was released to the contractor and no additional payment has been paid to date.

The project commenced on September 26, 2012, with an initial delivery date set at March 25, 2014.

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The completion date was later extended by four years to 2018.

Dutum however could not continue with the execution of the project as the government has not approved the contract augmentation based on new realities.

The FMWH said “No work progress for the past 4 years as the contractor is awaiting APPROVAL for contract augmentation.”

Also, The ICIR attempted to establish the exact reason the project was delayed by visiting the Dutum corporate office at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but there was no response.

Since 2018 till date, nothing has been done on the project.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/decade-after-award-n7-2bn-road-construction-projects-in-south-east-abandoned/

What a country.

Lol this your format no dey work again

E dey every state, every region

I travelled that road but came back devastated. It was as if I was broken into two. From the waist was detached.

It took almost two weeks to recover.
People are really suffering.

psucc:
I travelled that road but came back devastated. It was as if I was broken into two. From the waist was detached.

It took almost two weeks to recover.
People are really suffering.

For this century modern day

Nigeria government is still struggling with roads construction.

Very backwards nation