The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has terminated a road contract awarded to a construction firm, NBHH Engineering Company.
Soludo pronounced the immediate termination of the road contract when he visited the site unscheduled on Tuesday.
The governor knocked the company for its negligence and delay in delivering the nine roads totaling 14.053 km in Okpoko communities of Ogbaru Local Government Area.
While addressing the supervisor of the project, he said, “This road was supposed to be completed by June last year. Eight months afterward, you are yet to complete it.
“You don’t have the capacity to do the job. The job was supposed to last for nine months and you were adequately mobilised.
“This is February 20 and you are supposed to have delivered the job. It shows that you are totally incompetent to do the job. After we paid you 59 percent of the mobilisation.
“There is nowhere in the country that 50 percent is paid. Here and here, this contract is terminated and you can remove your things here and tomorrow we will look for who will complete this project.”
The nine road projects in Okpoko include Obodoukwu – Owerri Road (L= 2.884km W=12m), Ogbuagu-Ik Onuora-Anumudu-Mgbuka Amazu -Owerri Road (L= 2.992km W=7.3m), Edeh Road-School Road-Awalite- Ojoto -Owerri Road (L= 1.48km W= 9m) School Road-Umuobom Street- Ojoto Street Junction (L= 0.576km W= 6m)-Umuobom ST (Ojoto St Junction), Adazi Ani St – Owerri Road (L=1. 345km W=6m).
Others are Umenweke St (Obodoukwu Junction) – Umeojiakor St (School Rd Junction) (L=0.593km W=6km), Awalite (Ojoto Junction) – Anumudu (Mgbuka Amazu Junction) (L= 0.991km W= 6m), Uzii Street – Mission Street (Awalite Junction) (L= 0.538km W= 6m), Anumudu Street (Ik Onuora Junction) – Gmo Road (L= 0.350km W=9m)14.053km.
