…Threatens Sanctions Against Defaulting Contractors
The Minister of State for Works, Barrister Mohammed Bello Goronyo, has charged the management of the Federal Emergency and Roads Maintenance Agency, (FERMA), to warn contractors who fail to deliver on their contract awards to desist.
He said the era of abandoning projects is over, adding that the contracts are awarded and paid through the taxpayers’ money who desire value for their money.
To this end, Goronyo said the list of defaulting contractors must be available to the Headquarters before next week.
A statement issued by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Works, Mohammed A. Ahmed, in Abuja on Tuesday quoted him speaking during his familiarisation tour of the southwest section of FERMA projects.
The minister also proposed a strong Technical Committee that will go around the country to monitor FERMA projects to ascertain the quality of their deliveries.
He said the challenges are real, huge and enormous, adding that they are not insurmountable.
“The country must tighten up its belt and combat the challenges frontally. We have been drawing from a well without water for so long. We now have a President who is willing to face the challenges head-on without complaining.
“We must be ready to support one another and do things differently. We must all support His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to deliver on his mandate,” he added.
The minister, however, pledged to pay unscheduled visits to contract sites to have first-hand knowledge of contractors’ commitment to projects, while also assuring that staff welfare is a paramount issue of concern that will not be toyed with.
FG Gives FERMA One Week To Provide List Of Contractors Involved In Project Abandonment is first published on The Whistler Newspaper