Three businesses’ contracts on the Obajana-Benin Road have been terminated by the Federal Government due to their non-performance.
Contract numbers 6136, 6137, and 6138 with Mothercat Ltd., Dantata & Sawoe Construction Ltd., and RCC Ltd., respectively, were terminated by the government.
In a statement on Monday, the Federal Ministry of Works said the projects affected by this termination are the dualisation of Obajana-Benin road, section II (Okene-Auchi) in Kogi/Edo State; the dualisation of Obajana-Benin road, section III (Auchi-Ehor) in Edo State and the dualisation of Obajana-Benin road section IV (Ehor-Benin) also in Edo State.
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, said “the termination of the said contracts became neccessary in view of the inordinate delay of the affected companies in job performance”.
The statement signed by the minister’s spokesperson, Uchenna Orji, also cited the contractors’ “failure, neglect and or refusal to fulfill their contractual obligations as required by the Standard Conditions of Contract and this has affected the timely completion of the projects and thus resulted in the expiration of the contracts by effluxion of time”.
The minister said that the contractors willfully abandoned the projects that were granted on December 3, 2012, and that they showed neither true dedication or good faith in carrying out the projects, putting road users through unimaginable misery as a result of the projects’ appalling state.
As a result, Umahi gave the order for “the responsible engineers to take the appropriate actions to enter upon the site and the works and take them over from the affected companies.
As a result, Umahi gave the order for “the responsible engineers to take the appropriate actions to enter upon the site and the works and take them over from the affected companies.
He cautioned that the ministry under his supervision will not tolerate acts of irresponsibility and sabotage by contractors who seek to become a stumbling block to the present administration’s success.
He also stated that the government will not hesitate to terminate any initiatives that have been funded but are underperforming.
