OFFICE OF THE HONORABLE MINISTER OF WORKS


PRESS RELEASE
8th July 2024

CONTRACTORS HANDLING FG'S 260 EMERGENCY PROJECTS RECEIVE THREE (3) MONTHS DEADLINE FOR PROJECT DELIVERY

1. The Honourable Minister of Works, *His Excellency, Sen. Engr. Nweze David Umahi CON* has given the contractors handling the 260 emergency projects awarded by the Renewed Hope administration of *His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR* a deadline of three ( 3) months to complete and deliver the projects as required by the Standard Conditions of Contract of the Federal Ministry of Works or face contract termination. This ultimatum was issued during a meeting of the management of the Federal Ministry of Works with the contractors handling the various projects and the Federal Controllers of Works held at the Ministry's headquarters, Mabushi-Abuja this 8th July 2024. These Renewed Hope emergency road projects were appropriated in the 2023 Supplementary Budget with the intention to bring immediate intervention on the completely failed parts of critical federal roads nationwide with a view to restoring the serviceability level of the affected roads.

2. The Honourable Minister listed about 37 contractors who have achieved little or no milestone in the project delivery since the contracts were awarded and warned that such contractors must mobilize effectively to the site latest Wednesday 10th July 2024 or face contract termination. He said, " If after the deadline for mobilization to the site, any contractor fails to comply, the job shall be terminated by effluxion of time as the contract is for a time limit of 3 months. He further directed, "Any contractor whose job has stayed for more than 3 months without completion after the issuance of award letter must seek and obtain approval for extention of time from the Federal Ministry of Works".

3. The defaulting contractors, most of whom are handling emergency road projects inYobe,Jigawa, Zamfara,Benue,Kogi, Abia, Anambra, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and River States were warned that the projects awarded to them must be delivered in three 3 months time as no excuse of security challenges or lack of mobilization funds would justify the sufferings they are subjecting road users or shield them from being blacklisted as constituting a clog in the wheel of progress in the efforts of the Renewed Hope administration in revolutionizing road infrastructure for Nigeria's economic prosperity. He said, "The people are suffering, the President is having sleepless nights in his efforts to fix our road infrastructure to help our economy, and people will be given jobs and they are telling us stories. There have been jobs awarded by this ministry in the past and money paid, and the contractors would hold the money, and they would say it's a security problem. Didn't you know about the security situation before you got the job?" He gave a marching order to the Federal Controllers of Works to ensure proper supervision of projects in their sites and be abreast with the contract awarded, amount, date of award, time line, review date, extension of time, argumentation granted and whether the contractor is on site.

4. He reiterated that mobilization funding under the Standard Conditions of Contract is not a condition precedent for them to move to the site but it is at the discretion of the Federal Ministry of Works and can be made available only to contractors who can undertake through affidavit of commitment to complete the job within three months of mobilization.He stated, "Our new policy is that if you want mobilization and we are happy to give you, you will abide by the conditions. One is that there will be no review of any component of the mobilization given. Two, we will give you 30% and you will do 30% of work before we can give you another money. So please, mobilization is not compulsory. Is that clear? Again, emergency projects are not mobilized. The rule is that in emergency projects, you will go and do it 100%, and then you submit your papers. We now pay you 80% and send your documents to BPP. When they approve, we pay you the balance of 20%."

5. In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Yakubu Adam Kofarmata, PhD stated that the period had gone when contractors were taking the country for granted and could afford to delay in job delivery for years after collecting mobilization and would keep feeding on the VOP. He charged contractors to brace up to the new spirit of "Nigeria first," introduced in the Federal Ministry of Works under the Renewed Hope administration of Mr. President. He said, "Honestly, we have a stake. It is about the Nigerian nation. We don't have any other country other than Nigeria. Believe me, we are pushing the Honorable Minister right now to stop considering this VOP and augmentation, because, there is no reason, after being given an award letter, you come and say you are waiting for payment for six months. Please, let us consider the nation first. Once we put Nigeria first. You see that things will move."

Hon Barr Orji Uchenna Orji
Special Adviser (Media) to the Honorable Minister of Works

Great job FG, thank you for setting a deadline to ensure efficient completion of emergency projects.

Looks like the FG is channeling their inner motherinlaw, giving contractors a threemonth deadline to complete projects. Let's hope they don't start nagging them like a typical motherinlaw too!

FG's commitment and urgency in ensuring timely completion of emergency projects is commendable and demonstrates their dedication to serving the people of Nigeria.

Let the deadline come with quality at reasonable cost,

This is peak of rainy season and rain can disrupt the contractors from delivering on schedule and deadline .

This is from a Project manager perspective

Only apcshit voluntary slaves will take these their audio deadline serious because they are illiterate phoolish Nonentities with empty skulls.

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Pics 3 be like say the audience dey hungry 😂see their ugly faces

Btw wtf is that wereh albino Mr White Nigeria doing there?

Deadline with 10% mobilization fee so the next government can inherit the 90% balance as debt.

How can you give 3months to complete a project, even Lagos-Ibadan expressway took 13yrs

Hope dy don't deliver substandard roads....

Let them do a thorough job in line with the project plan.

Ok

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chop my money

Well done Minister Orji Umahi and your team in the ministry, As long as the necessary funding of the project has been paid , contractors ought to deliver, anything short of that, let capable hand carry out the task with appropriate compensation.

This seem like a loop hole for competent companies to take advantage of having a chokehold on road construction in the country. Viva NIgeria

Side bar and question: this seem like an interesting time for schools/ institutes of higher learning/ students or young people in civil/ structural and allied industries to get a foot at the door with companies carrying out this projects to get experience for future relevance.
Just wondering does it mean the engineering and other structural bodies/ organisation of the country can not merge to form some kind of startup to bid for projects even if it's state level to build revenue base and experience? (apologies for my naivety)

i dont understand .

are there no emergency road projects in the south west or the contractors are compliant.

Good one.

Good one. Why doing evil when you have received almost 75℅ of the start up?

Why wont they misbehave, when you only gave the contracts to the best persons that can give bribe ..🤔

Audio

Philipponzaghi:
Great job FG, thank you for setting a deadline to ensure efficient completion of emergency projects.

This is pure eye service and playing to the gallery, where are the inspectors, shebi there was a project plan in place, why are the inspectors in MOW not monitoring to ensure compliance.

Dem give you contract but you dey do anyhow because you no wan finish the project, no wahala.

If na Money dey delay you, better go explain yourself and see how you go fit compl9the project sharperly.

Those wen wan use those things project this Government for bad light, na dem know ooo.

Umahi dey try sha. He's my favourite Igbo man. Ehn ehn, see pezin wey you for bring forth after his tenure make e be president, and see if we no go vote am, as long as he's not slugging it out with people with better achievements than his.

No be to go repackage one agulu governor, wey be say his tenure was riddled with mediocrity and down-spiral quality of achievement, call am Peter Obi

After the middlemen don collect huge lion share and the project is on its knees. Road wey dem suppose pour bitumen, them go pour black paint and open it to road users to meet deadline

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Oga minister na rainy season we dey o

The bastar....ds pleading for more time to show workings are here issuing ultimatums? Lol

A very useless government with nothing to offer!

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OFFICE OF THE HONORABLE MINISTER OF WORKS


PRESS RELEASE
8th July 2024

CONTRACTORS HANDLING FG'S 260 EMERGENCY PROJECTS RECEIVE THREE (3) MONTHS DEADLINE FOR PROJECT DELIVERY

1. The Honourable Minister of Works, *His Excellency, Sen. Engr. Nweze David Umahi CON* has given the contractors handling the 260 emergency projects awarded by the Renewed Hope administration of *His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR* a deadline of three ( 3) months to complete and deliver the projects as required by the Standard Conditions of Contract of the Federal Ministry of Works or face contract termination. This ultimatum was issued during a meeting of the management of the Federal Ministry of Works with the contractors handling the various projects and the Federal Controllers of Works held at the Ministry's headquarters, Mabushi-Abuja this 8th July 2024. These Renewed Hope emergency road projects were appropriated in the 2023 Supplementary Budget with the intention to bring immediate intervention on the completely failed parts of critical federal roads nationwide with a view to restoring the serviceability level of the affected roads.

2. The Honourable Minister listed about 37 contractors who have achieved little or no milestone in the project delivery since the contracts were awarded and warned that such contractors must mobilize effectively to the site latest Wednesday 10th July 2024 or face contract termination. He said, " If after the deadline for mobilization to the site, any contractor fails to comply, the job shall be terminated by effluxion of time as the contract is for a time limit of 3 months. He further directed, "Any contractor whose job has stayed for more than 3 months without completion after the issuance of award letter must seek and obtain approval for extention of time from the Federal Ministry of Works".

3. The defaulting contractors, most of whom are handling emergency road projects inYobe,Jigawa, Zamfara,Benue,Kogi, Abia, Anambra, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and River States were warned that the projects awarded to them must be delivered in three 3 months time as no excuse of security challenges or lack of mobilization funds would justify the sufferings they are subjecting road users or shield them from being blacklisted as constituting a clog in the wheel of progress in the efforts of the Renewed Hope administration in revolutionizing road infrastructure for Nigeria's economic prosperity. He said, "The people are suffering, the President is having sleepless nights in his efforts to fix our road infrastructure to help our economy, and people will be given jobs and they are telling us stories. There have been jobs awarded by this ministry in the past and money paid, and the contractors would hold the money, and they would say it's a security problem. Didn't you know about the security situation before you got the job?" He gave a marching order to the Federal Controllers of Works to ensure proper supervision of projects in their sites and be abreast with the contract awarded, amount, date of award, time line, review date, extension of time, argumentation granted and whether the contractor is on site.

4. He reiterated that mobilization funding under the Standard Conditions of Contract is not a condition precedent for them to move to the site but it is at the discretion of the Federal Ministry of Works and can be made available only to contractors who can undertake through affidavit of commitment to complete the job within three months of mobilization.He stated, "Our new policy is that if you want mobilization and we are happy to give you, you will abide by the conditions. One is that there will be no review of any component of the mobilization given. Two, we will give you 30% and you will do 30% of work before we can give you another money. So please, mobilization is not compulsory. Is that clear? Again, emergency projects are not mobilized. The rule is that in emergency projects, you will go and do it 100%, and then you submit your papers. We now pay you 80% and send your documents to BPP. When they approve, we pay you the balance of 20%."

5. In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Yakubu Adam Kofarmata, PhD stated that the period had gone when contractors were taking the country for granted and could afford to delay in job delivery for years after collecting mobilization and would keep feeding on the VOP. He charged contractors to brace up to the new spirit of "Nigeria first," introduced in the Federal Ministry of Works under the Renewed Hope administration of Mr. President. He said, "Honestly, we have a stake. It is about the Nigerian nation. We don't have any other country other than Nigeria. Believe me, we are pushing the Honorable Minister right now to stop considering this VOP and augmentation, because, there is no reason, after being given an award letter, you come and say you are waiting for payment for six months. Please, let us consider the nation first. Once we put Nigeria first. You see that things will move."

Hon Barr Orji Uchenna Orji
Special Adviser (Media) to the Honorable Minister of Works

The question is can these contractors complete a roadway project in three(3) months? and with all the raining days delay?

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