OFFICE OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF WORKS

PRESS RELEASE
1st July 2024

FG TERMINATES CONTRACTS WITH MOTHERCAT, DANTATA & SAWOE AND RCC COMPANIES FOR NON-PERFOMANCE ON THE DUALIZATION OF OBAJANA-BENIN ROAD; SECTIONS II, III AND IV, WARNS THAT GOING FORWARD, ALL FUNDED BUT NON PERFORMING CONTRACTS SHALL BE TERMINATED

1. The Federal Ministry of Works has terminated contract numbers 6136, 6137 and 6138 with Mothercat Ltd, Dantata & Sawoe Construction Ltd and RCC Ltd respectively. The projects affected by this termination are the dualization of Obajana - Benin road, section II (Okene - Auchi) in Kogi/Edo State; the dualization of Obajana - Benin road, section III (Auchi - Ehor) in Edo State and the dualization of Obajana - Benin road section IV (Ehor - Benin) in Edo State.

2. The termination of the said contracts became neccessary in view of the inordinate delay of the affected companies in job performance and their failure, neglect and or refusal to fulfill their contractual obligations as required by the Standard Conditions of Contract and this has affected the timely completion of the projects and thus resulted in the expiration of the contracts by effluxion of time. The projects which were awarded on 3rd December 2012 were advertently abandoned by the contractors and no genuine commitment or good faith was shown towards executing the projects after accepting the considerations offered by the Federal Government and thereby exposing the road users to untold hardship due to the deplorable condition of the projects.

3. The Honourable Minister has therefore directed the engineers in charge to take necessary steps to enter upon both the site and the works and take the same over from the affected companies. He further directs the engineers concerned to, upon doing the needful, arrange with the affected companies for a joint measurement of work so far done by the said companies preparatory to taking over the sites from the said companies, and this directive is without prejudice to the exercise of other rights of Federal Government under the contract.

4. He warns that the Federal Ministry of Works under his watch will not condone acts of unseriousnes and sabotage by contractors whose plan is to become a clog in the wheel of progress of the Renewed Hope administration which is determined to change the ugly narrative of Nigeria's road infrastructure. He further warns that going forward, the government will not hesitate in terminating all projects that are funded but are non-performing.

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

Fiscal leakage being replaced with bigger ones.

When will the FG cancel self from our political space for being failure, corrupt and wasteful

The contracts were awarded by Saint Goodluck Azikwe in 2012

I'm impressed

These
Construction
Guys
Are
Benefitting
Imagine 2012
Till
Now

Maka gini

dheilaw1:
Those Indi developers who are anti development would soon be here to cry as usual. like the one above.

..you are alresdy crying..

..Mr online Lagosian ..

Tilubu has good nose for ministerial appointments, no nonsense in our ministries henceforth, who do anyhow go collect.

I don't know why it's always difficult for companies to work on roads in Edo state, Edo state has the worst Federal road in the whole of the 36 states.

Edo state has produced two ministers of works from 1999. Yet the roads weren't built.
Please don't tell me the contractors were not paid, they were paid that's why FG have to terminate their contracts for non performance.

MotherCat is notorious for sub-standard jobs.

Engr. Umahi should urgently do justice to the Eleme end of the East-West Road also.

[quote author=Paraman post=130743039]The contracts were awarded by Saint Goodluck Azikwe in 2012[/quote Even the then minister of works mike Onolememen from Edo state south south just like Jonathan abandoned the road project. The Benin ekpoma axis is also part of the neglected section. Jonathan failed us in south south, big time. East west road was in shambles. I keep on saying it, that the northerners are never our problems down south but the foolish and greedy politicians we have had,has been our setbacks over the years. Imagine under Pdp era, Edo state produced two federal minister of work, late Tony Anenih and Mike and also a junior minister of works Chris ogowonyi still Edo state federal road are nothing to write about. I will always give kudos to Fashola for not neglecting south west as he was doing for other zones as works minister.

Paraman:
The contracts were awarded by Saint Goodluck Azikwe in 2012

And Buhari overlooked it for 8 years. I love Tinubu's balls and will

[quote author=kedeojo post=130744078][/quote]The most disturbing thing about all this is that, billions of naira were released for the projects.

Let them give Setraco and Berger two years deadline to complete that project. That road is too critical to be left in its present comatose state

Good decision by FG

Depriest2020:
I don't know why it's always difficult for companies to work on roads in Edo state, Edo state has the worst Federal road in the whole of the 36 states.

Edo state has produced two ministers of works from 1999. Yet the roads weren't built.
Please don't tell me the contractors were not paid, they were paid that's why FG have to terminate their contracts for non performance.

I'm also very surprised for our state oh. Years of infrastructure decay especially roads

LWKM ,Umahi is making things difficult for himself,since you are adamant that review of contract will not be allowed under you.You want company to continue doing work with old price knowing well that price of materials is not the same as what is obtainable in 2012.You also treating Berger and CCECC with your termination,we will see who go do the work.

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Paraman:
The contracts were awarded by Saint Goodluck Azikwe in 2012

And saint Buhari spent 8 years on seat watching the contractors abandon site without lifting a finger
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Welcome development. Okene Benin road is a death trap. One of the worst road I have seen of late

ojobek:
LWKM ,Umahi is making things difficult for himself,since you are adamant that review of contract will not be allowed under you.You want company to continue doing work with old price knowing well that price of materials is not the same as what is obtainable in 2012.You also treating Berger and CCECC with your termination,we will see who go do the work.

Good move. But what will you do differently in the Ministers shoes?

A contractor can as well collect funds, put it in fixed deposit and come back 5 years later to ask for price review which is what some of them are doing behind the scenes by dragging their feet after payment.

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Paraman:
The contracts were awarded by Saint Goodluck Azikwe in 2012

How long was that? If they were wrongly awarded, Buhari had the chance to revoke!

No nonsense government.

Hehehe

Let's wait for cannibals known to be criminals worldwide to come and wail on this thread again.

Anything about FG or Tinubu (whether good or bad) dey always vex them.

Awon Omo ale Naija

Foot steps

Lol


Soon to be awarded to the Adebayos, Otedolas and nothing wey anybody fit do about it



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001Lagos:
When will the FG cancel self from our political space for being failure, corrupt and wasteful

Tell that to your Agulu fraudster and serial party defector loser!

All I care for is development any one who is not doing the right thing should be shown the way out

How can I get contract also?

ojobek:
LWKM ,Umahi is making things difficult for himself,since you are adamant that review of contract will not be allowed under you.You want company to continue doing work with old price knowing well that price of materials is not the same as what is obtainable in 2012.You also treating Berger and CCECC with your termination,we will see who go do the work.

I know you are a beneficiary of corruption. My simple question is why didn't they mobilize to site when they were paid in 2012? Why?