‘Complete Eleme–Onne Road before December 15 or face sanctions’ – Umahi warns contractors

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has given a December 15 deadline to contractors handling the Eleme–Onne section of the East-West Road in Rivers State to complete the work or face sanctions.

This was as he expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of the work.

The minister made the complaint while inspecting the ongoing project at the section.

He warned that the federal government would not extend the timeline beyond that date.

“The pace of the work is totally not acceptable. And let me make it very, very clear to the contractor: this project can never be reviewed by a Kobo, neither can there be any POP—variation of price—or any other claims on the project.

“You complained of rain, but there are a lot of works that could go under the rain. For example, we’ve noticed a number of failures, areas that failed under this carriageway which is Port Harcourt-bound.”

Umahi, who regretted that the job is totally being delayed, told the controller in the area to issue the contractor another letter of warning.