Obaseki to sue NDDC for sub-standard projects
Posted by FN Editor | 5 years ago | 1,223 times
Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Monday called for a probe into the utilisation of the N20bn emergency funds allegedly expended by the Niger Delta Development Commission on projects in the state in the last six months.
Obaseki, peeved by the shoddy state of projects by the NDDC, also stated that the state government was exploring the option of suing contractors handling the commission’s projects for delivering sub-standard jobs, which he said caused flooding in parts of the state.
The governor said these while receiving the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on abandoned NDDC projects in the state, in Benin City, the state capital.
Obaseki noted that the state government would stop the NDDC contractors from executing sub-standard projects as there was a need for synergy between the state government and the NDDC in delivering quality projects.
The governor stated, “This kind of action is embarrassing to our administration and causing us political problems as our citizens are confused about the roads we are constructing and the sub-standard roads executed by the NDDC contractors.”
“I have instructed the state’s Solicitor-General to begin the process of taking legal action against the NDDC contractors, who execute sub-standard work in the state, particularly the contractor who handled the project on Apostolic Street, off Sokponba Road, which led to flooding in the area. We will blacklist them.
“I am surprised that the NDDC management is here. I invited them months ago when I received complaints about the quality of work done by their contractors but they ignored the invite. There is no need having the NDDC in the state when they have total disregard for the state government.”
He said the interim management of the NDDC claimed that N256bn was spent on emergency project work, out of which N20bn was spent in Edo State in the last six months.
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