Minister of Works, David Umahi, has lamented the destruction of a section of the newly rehabilitated Kano-Maiduguri highway.
A statement issued by the minister’s media aide, Orji Uchenna Orji, Umahi described the incident caused by flooding as unfortunate, saying that the completed roads in the country did not last five years.
Umahi explained that a technical team from the ministry had been dispatched for on the spot assessment, and promised to find a lasting solution to the road.
The Minister directed the Director of Highway Rehabilitation to liaise with the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works to immediately deploy some technical people to go and evaluate what they can do.
He lamented that it was very unfortunate that when a job was completed by contractors, the people don’t even enjoy the road for five years.
Umahi noted, “That’s why I’ve been saying that this issue of a one-year liability period is not desirable because every badly executed job can last one year, but it can not last five years.
“So we are still going to request the contractor that did the job, Mothercart Ltd, to join that team and find out why the road had to cut into two as reported to us today, and that is section three of Kano-Maiduguri road.”
The Minister while speaking during a performance review meeting with Dangote Group of Companies Plc, BUA Group of Companies Plc and Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd on the road projects handled under Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme, disclosed that plans were underway to review the liability period for all federal government projects to ensure durability and value for money.
Umahi explained the progress made so far in funding critical projects under the Tax Credit Scheme, calling for more concerted efforts by all contractors handling projects under the scheme in order to complete all the awarded projects in record time as the projects were within the economic corridors of the nation.
He assured that there would be an agreement on milestone completion and timetable for the various ongoing projects being done under tax credit.
