Federal Government orders road contractors back to sites.
The Federal Government yesterday directed contractors of abandoned projects to stop palliative work and return fully to site.
It also said that 80 percent of road rehabilitation by the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) would soon be executed through direct labour.
Works Minister Dave Umahi, who spoke at a meeting with contractors in Abuja, also reiterated his directive to contractors handling some road projects to report to their sites within 14 days.
He warned that failure by such contractors to comply with the directive would lead to the termination of their contracts.
Umahi pointed out that the ministry would no longer tolerate palliative work on road projects the government had already paid a substantial amount on.
He added that payment to contractors would now be based on work done with verifiable proof.
The minister also said that with about 3, 000 workers, only 20 percent of road repairs by FERMA should be done through contracts.
He added that he had secured President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval for work to commence on 60 projects, he warned that any contractor with up to four pending projects would not be given additional ones.
Umahi did not name the projects.
Stressing that he is dealing with inherited deficits, the former governor of Ebonyi State, noted that the size of projects does not matter but the quality of the work done.
He also clarified that there was no ban on the use of asphalt in road construction. The minister pointed out that any contractor using asphalt must be ready to sign an assurance document.
Umahi also warned contractors holding clandestine meetings about the activities in the ministry to stop doing so.
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