By Iheanacho Nwosu, Abuja
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Works, who went on inspection of roads in the South-east last week got more than they anticipated. And they did the unexpected: broke down in tears. It was not that the lawmakers, who were led by Hon. Toby Okechukwu, were unaware that the roads in the zone were in bad shape but they clearly did not know that they had got to a point that even cows and other animals die trying to pass some portions. The drama played out at Lokpanta along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.
For more than an hour, the legislators watched as hundreds of cows fell on one another trying to cross the bad spots. Uncountable number of vehicles were pack on both sides of the roads. “How can one see a thing like this in this modern age? This is despicable, I need to do a documentary on this “a member of the team, Hon Bimbo Daramola said. “This is an eyesore , this is unbelievable “, another member, Hon Badamosi Ayuba yelled out.
“The situation of the road is a rolling calamity, it is heart wrenching “, Okechukwu said . The lawmakers toured all the states in the zone. Except in few instances, they displayed anger and frustrations at all the project sites. The tour was kicked off at Enugu on Monday last week. Unfortunately the first site they visited was to spoil their day. That was the Enugu- 9th mile Road being handled by the CCC, a foreign firm.
The legislators did not hesitate in lashing out at the firm for what they called lackdaiscal attitude to the project. Okechukwu said that it was inexplicable that a contract that was awarded in 2009 was yet to be executed to 40 percent in 2012. He said “this is a clear case of unseriousness, I don’t know why it is only in the South east that we see all this type of nonsense.” He threatened that the committee will recommend a review of the contract if there was no improvement in the execution of the project.
In the same fit of anger, Daramola lamented that whereas CCC has collected more than 80 percent of the contract sum it is yet to do any meaningful thing with the money. He said “ tell us what you have been doing with all the money you have been collecting, nothing here justifies the money and it is wicked, it is a shame”. At Achi-Oji Road, the lawmakers almost broke down in tears as the road was cut into two. Okechukwu asked the contractor, SETRACO to immediately fix the road so as to reconnect the three local governments that have been severed by the collapsed road.
“This is unthinkable, something has to be done fast. Right now people from the three councils cannot access communities within their towns”, he lamented But the shock was not to end there. Inspecting the Enugu-Abakaliki Road, the lawmakers came face to face with a life threatening situation. A bridge known as Kilometre 7.35 at Emene, was almost caving in . Again the lawmakers came close to tears as they watched vehicles ply the bridge. There was no other alternative . Okechukwu said the situation has gone beyond tolerable level. The bridge links Ebonyi and Enugu states. He lamented that the residents have been subjected to a horrible experience as a result of the poor state of the bridge which was constructed in 1972. He called on SETRACO which is handling the road construction to quickly fix the bridge to end the nightmare being experienced by motorists.
He said “Look, there are fundamental engineering standards that should be met in executing projects of this nature. Engineering ethics suggest that jobs paid for must be done well.” “The House of Representatives will not give its support to the idea of paying for substandard jobs. The House will see to it that whatever action is required to ensure that maximum quality is recorded ,is taken.” Similar threat was given to Niger Construction Ltd handling the rehabilitation of Onitsha- Enugu dual carriage way section 11. The company had complained that the state of soil affected the time line for the completion of the rehabilitation. The claim angered Okechukwu and Daramola who asked the contractor to spell out the grounds upon which the contract was awarded. The Ministry of Works was later blamed for not carrying out soil tests before awarding road contracts in the South-east. However, a little smile came to the face of the lawmakers when they inspected the rehabilitation of Owerri – Umuahia road section 1,11 and 111 being handled by Zerock Nigeria Limited. They said work done by the company clearly showed that it is a serious minded firm . “So far, we have seen a company that has shown that it has the capacity to do what it collected money for. Nigeria needs to do business with such a company”,
Okechukwu said. He quickly cautioned the firm that “ we will not hestitate to tonguelash you any day we see that you are no longer doing the right thing. You are paid to do a job, and you must do it satisfactorily”. The praise was to last for just few minutes. The deplorable state of the road at Isiukwuator elicited tears from the legislators. Gully erosion had split the road into two forcing users to ply a bushy path.
The sight of the spot evokes tears. Although there was a sign board and heavy duty vehices around the area to indicate that a construction firm is working there, the situation didnt look like something that would be addressed in the next few weeks or months. Ayuba said “this is like what is watched in movies. How long will this community live with this kind of thing. My heart is bleeding, I cant even imagine that it is a real life experience.” “The people here have been paying their tax, they are part of this country, and deserve the attention of government.” Okechukwu added. He stressed “when the House of Representatives is talking about full implementation of the budget it is because we know it is only things like this that can be handled as quickly as possible.”
The lawmakers in the eight days they toured the five South-east states inspected 37 ongoing federal road projects. But their verdict at the end of the tour was damming . Daramola said “ the experience is better imagined . I can say that the only good road in the South-east is the Onitsha -Owerri Expressway. It is a pity that government would allow the situation to get to what it is today. For me, the firms that are handling road projects in the zone have no business being there because most of them don’t have the capacity to handle the projects.” Ayuba submitted “It is wrong to leave things the way they are in the zone right now. For a long time what I saw will linger in my mind. If the roads are left the way they are, it is as good as telling people from the zone and other Nigerians that visit there on a daily basis that government has approved that they should go and die. Roads that animals like goats and cows cannot cross tell you how bad they are”. For Okechukwu, the blame on the bad state of roads in the zone should go to many quaters. Like Daramola, he slammed most of the firms as lacking the capacity to handle the road projects for which they were paid.
He also decried the poor release of funds to contractors handling the road projects. The lawmaker said “There is sufficient blame to go round. There are three problems there. One has to do with the government’s releases. You have duly certified certificates since last year, around November last year that is being paid by October this year. It is not a good situation, contractually that is wrong. You wouldn’t expect a contractor to perform in that situation, if he does his work, you pay him. “Two, there are issues that have to deal with the technical realities of the South Eastern roads , I am talking of the topography of the area, the type of soil, the geophysics of the area.
You have put all these in context before you undertake a design. We have seen roads that were designed, but they couldn’t go because there are pilings. Enugu-Onitsha Road is a good example Enugu. Port Harcourt is another good example. “In that instance, you can say that it is a technical problem which the Ministry of Works ought to have taken care of before awarding the contract. Thirdly, there is a situation where you have contractors that completely lack capacity, they are incompetent. As stated, there are Ministry engineers at site, who are not supposed to be there in the first place. So you see these contractors lasting in projects three, five years, earning money without exiting from it.” On the import of their tour of the South-east, Okechukwu said “It was a wonderful opportunity to have gone to the South-east with my colleagues in the House committee on Works. It is a constitutional mandate which the House exercises from time to time,.
“We want to see both in law and in facts that the responsibility of the House with regards to oversights is done. We went to the South-east and saw an apparent bad situation in the South east. The situation of roads there is a rolling calamity. I wouldn’t say I ‘m satisfied. It is a bad situation.” With the inspection now over, the public is waiting to see if that would end the misery of the South East road users.
“I need a documentary on this” Daramola said. Nonsense.
The bad road is part of the economic war against the igbo, the script is in Aso rock; in education they call us advantage states but in federal employment, they use qoata, catchment areas & disadvantage states as a leveller. To kill commerce & enterprenuership they give south east bad contractors like; ccc, ooo ,fraudulent chinese coys.so we can’t move as we should. They put customs inside markets, put police,roadsafety & army cheakpoints everywhere, to extort, delay, & dehumanise the spirit of the people. Do you know also that the south east is the only zone with oil yet, without a refinary & this waz perfected by president jonathan, who sited one refinary in his home town, kogi & lagos state, the list of injustice is simply endless yet, our so called representatives cant speak out.
Its very good members of d house of reps visited roads in d south east. Thru their eyes the world can now see and believe dat d civil war has not ended bcos its only in war ravaged areas u can find those kind of deplorable roads.they know what they re doing. The visitors may nt ve noticed d unusually large number of police, customs and road safety checkpoints along those rickety roads. They re there forcibly collecting tolls on especially helpless commercial motorists. The poor quality of roads plus other neglects have made life so cheap in d south east. Its a great pity dat d country could afford to treat her own people with such ignominy. However d blame should go more to d zone’s political class who seem more interested in what go into their private pockets than d welfare of their people
Inspecting the roads in the South East is good, but not enough. Causing the contractors to fasten and complete the projects soonest or revoke the Contracts, and give them to more serious companies would make sense.
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Na today?
Na today? Let’s stop deceiving ourselves. Who are these contractors?
People that die daily on this road, people goods that are been wasted daily on this road are people that voted you in Power or whose tax money are been used to pay your bill. Death on this road are not natural.Goverment stop the killing of innocent soul on high way. this deat could be avoided if the roads are averagely ok. Don’t let blood speak againt you, if you have eaten any money met for this roads, better return them. that money will not profit you. return them now!
My people all the politicians are saying in front of the newspapers are all tricks to fool the poor masses,the contractors collect money for the roads and our so call politicians collect their bribes away leaving little or nothing to complete the roads.Secondly these so call firms building our roads are owned by these politicians i e (na them them) ,so lets pray that God should continue to help the poor Nigerians.
It is only in South East that you see CCC Construction Company, Okeke & Okorie Construction Company, Okafor & Okonkwo Company etc. If a local Contractor gets job in South East, he pays 30% “kickback” to the Ministry that awarded the contract; pays between 10-15% to House Committee on Works; pays another 5% to the Consultant firm that looks after the job; pays 2.5% to FMW Supervising Engineers that shuttle the road from one end to the other twice daily; pays 0.5% for any Certificate generated. Meanwhile, the firm hired 90% of the equipment he needed for the job. If any fault or substandard work is noticed by the supervising engineers, the contractor will meet the Engineers in the hotel and settle them with 2 or 3 million naira depending on the type and volume of error identified. If the Contractor gets stuck along the line, a variation letter will be recommended to help him out. To be at safe side, the Contractor will reduce his 75cm asphalt thickness to 5cm or 4cm. At the end of a particular phase of the job, a huge amount of money will go to the Minister’s account along with few 1st Class Jeeps for final approval after which a “Completion Certificate” will be handed over to the Contractor. After a year, the Contractor will be paid his retention fee. The following year the said road will be washed away by the rain. These categories of contractors are never ever allowed to tender for jobs in the North, not even drainage jobs, no way!
In the North and South West you will see, Julius Berger, RCC, PW, DANTATA SAO, Soleh Boneh and other BIG Construction Companies. When these companies settle the big boys at the TOP, they will include the amount in their Bill of Quantities and then execute the jobs as required.
When the president prophesied that he will be the most praised president in the whole world by 2013, does that include the South East of Nigeria? This disasterous situation maybe his own way of commending the people of the zone for the millions of votes they donated to the Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan and Namadi Nnamdi Sambo ticket.
This legislators are jokes. I thought that part of their legislative oversight duties is to invite erring contractors and government officials for questioning and then cancel the project if the implementation is questionable. Making a documentary! Laughable! The lawmakers only went on that trip so they can collect their legislative”own share” of the national cake from the contractors. CCC has collected 80% of project sum and all they could receive from our lawmakers is tongue lashing for implementations 10%. The truth is that each project is assigned to various pdp stalwart as a booty. Thank you lawmakers for showing us that you are not our representatives.
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Where have they been all these while that they didn’t know of the deplorable state of the entire south east roads, especially Abia state roads? Ok. Since you are arriving from the world beyond to witness these, lets wait and see what change you are going to effect on all those death trap roadlike gorge.
Talking about the bad errosion at isuikwuato road in abia state, i am happy because both the so called politicians and poor nigerians uses the same bad road. A hole chief of army staff follows bush to travell to his home town. He is from isuikwuato and the road is bad like that. We have thousands of big big politicians from that local gov. Sham to our leaders.
my question is simple ome, why is it that south east road is not given to Julius Beger to handle? the house members should explain to us please
Is Nkalagu-Eha-Amufu-Obollo-Nsukka road not in Souh East Zone? I wonder why the committee refused to visit the road which is closest to Abuja among the roads they visited. That road contract was awarded to MIFE Construction Company since 2009 January and as at date they have not done 30% of the work. The Nkalagu – Eha-Amufu section of the road has been cut off as the firm abandoned that section after collapsing a wooden bridge with their truck at Ochin linking Enugu State and Ebonyi State. Eha-Amufu town that hosts a Federal College of Education has been cut off from both Ebonyi State nd Enugu city. This causes a lot of hardship for the community and the students. I call on all the strata of Government to declare a state of emergency on South East roads and save the people from this hardship.
I hope our brother, Ebele Azikiwe is still the president?
These (self -styled-anointed) messiahs in their usual jamborees are on the prowl again, making inexplicable sounds without commensurable actions, for how long will this nation continue in self deceit? CCC collected 80% of contractual sum and executed 10% and all these vultures could do was to babble over this day robbery by this callous and incompetent company? The House Committee should equal furnish us information on the cost implication of this trailing jamboree. Nigeria where everything goes, may God deliver us because this nation is an accident waiting to happen!
Why is it that South East road projects are not awarded to reputable contractors like Julius Berger? Why is it that the Governors don’t monnitor those contractors after all the work is being done in their states and for their people. I think what is happening in the South East is beyond what meets the eye. Our politicians in state and federal levels use your tongue to count your teeth.
Who said that Onitsha-Owerri road is good.Now I know,because I leave close to there.The road is just better but not that good.You need to se trafic gam both in the morning to night.Let them take action as they have claimed that they will—-De zuma
Award all the federal road contracts to Julius Berger they re-built and completed the Onitsha-Owerri road on time and within budget. Get rid of these other mickey mouse companies.
Nigeria allowed the south-east roads to get so bad simply because it is SOUTH-EAST, A DEFEATED PEOPLE.
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FOR ABOUT 30YEARS NOW PH-ENUGU ROAD HAS NEVER BEING COMPLETED. SHAME!!!
WELL IF THEY FINALLY REMEMBERED TO GO ROUND SEE HOW BAD ALL EAST ROADS ARE TODAY THANK GOD FOR THAT AT LEAST FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. HOPE THEY DO SOMETHING NOT ONLY WITHIN THE 5 EAST STATES BOTH ALL ROADS LINK TO THERE INCLUDING SOUTH WEST,SOUTH SOUTH ETC. YOU CAN SEE THAT MANY OF OUR LEADERS NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT MOST OF NIGERIANS ARE GOING THROUGH DAY BY DAY BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN ABUJA FLY BY AIR, MAY GOD HELP HIS PEOPLE FROM THIS MOTHERLESS COUNTRY OF NO HOPE, AMEN
it is good to inspect the roads , but it would be better if there is serious monitoring of the contractors by the honorable lawmakers so as to avert the impending tragedy , because i wouldn;t believe all these lamentation to be just lip-service .
I Thank the law makers for the efforts put in let us see if executives will act now
Our so-called Gov. Peter Obi is not supposed to called Anambra state Governor, rather Aguru governor. He has nothing to say as to defend his weakness eventhough he was member of Econimic committee of the President. Tell me what he is doing as governor in a state such roads have bocame death traps for the Anambarians and other comuters. Its very shamful and unforgivable act of Peter Obi. He want us to lay blames to President to say that it`s a federal roads but he forgot that that it`s he sole duty to as the Principal Officer of the state with Enugu Governor. Other states are pursing indipendent power projects and Peter is there telling us that he is planing to buy catapiler engine from Baharin. May God pin him and other S. East Governor down
MC Ezeadilora shut up that your useless and stinking mouth.Why is it that some people who are suppose to end up in the main market Onitsha or worse still be a Zoo atendance will come out in internet to comments rubbish.Well i dont blame you MC Ezeadilora but Science and Technology for allowing people you the freedom to use Internet.How does Federal road concern Mr Peter Obi and his home Town Agulu,is he the one that ask the Contractors handling the various road project to be slow in excuting their work that being paid to them by FG with 80% already but nothing to show for it or is Mr Peter now the Governor of Imo,PH,Enugu that even have worse road condition.MC Ezeadilora if you have any grudges agains Mr Peter Obi and his home town Agulu why not say it specifically instead of beating arround the bus and looking for whom to blame.We all knows that Mr Peter Obi is doing a wonderfull job in Anambra State even his home town Agulu you mentioned have not even benefited from Mr Peter,go and verify very well.So next time you want to comment MC Ezeadilora try and cue in the land and follow the main topic you FOOL
Bad roads in south east?. Its no news,if it were any other region,then i will hav a comment,hon okechukwu dat ekweremadu bundled into office,pls go to abuja to collect ur share,others hav been selling out,we dnt need crocodile tears,after go to london and buy a house,wen u die,enugu PH express still leads to ur fathers house…
Let me ask oh my people is South East allergic to Julius Berger or wat.Why is it that there is nothing like the presence of Julius Berger in the South East?Ooh i remember now becouse South East is in the present Biafra Nation,People defeated in the war.Goodluck Ebere Azikiwe Jonathan remember your promise you promised for the Igbos becouse without without Igbos you wouldnt have smell that sit.There is an Igbo adage that says,a Man that kills the Native doctor that protect him against his enemies he should know that he still has enemies,so Mr GEJ take note
Stine Chykee, I reason with you but Goodluck Ebere Azikiwe Jonathan as Rubber-stamp President has limit of power to executes orders/directives which he MUST seek order from OBJ b4 such action otherwise one or two legs of his chair will be cut off and he will fall just like that. This is agreement and the ways to go. He can take a decision like a President if he has chance to be there comes 2015 coz that is normal game by then he must have secured his own political ground likes OBJ did to Atiku/Norths, like T. Orji did to Orji Kalu, Like Ohakim did to Orji Kalu, like Fashola did to Tinibu. So Jonathan has his own time if he can get to Asorok again by any chance I don`t believe coz PDP (People Dead Party) cannot in any way of riging or magic to win any election in Nigeria again. Every that that has begining has end, PDP are at their last bus stop
they re al criminals dats all i can say,both de contractors, the house commitee on works, the president, the Governors, our leaders re corrupt, God! pls we need ur help! +861343224920
@ Chris, I am not in any way in support of our politicians and leaders but some of us ‘so called followers’ are the ones who aid abet these crimes. Our present crop of civil servants have become so horrible that they should be known as ‘evil servants’. They are the people who inspect and approve payments for these jobs. They are also the ones who advice the contractors to delay the jobs so as to apply for price increase, ‘due to inflation’ after some years. To my mind, our civil service should be totally overhauled for anything to work out in Nigeria.
SUNNEWS EDITORS, please try to be more consistent with your publications which most of time lack pictures/ images as proves that supposed to be paste which would make more sense of your stories like the above mentioned death trap roads that made the lawless-makers, who were led by Hon. Toby Okechukwu to crocodie tears and not pictures of those fuckies that deciving poor masses that voted then in offices you MISTAKENLY PASTED WHICH CHILDEN YOUR GOOD JOB.
THANKS FOR YOUR ADHERANCE OF THE FACTS.
Thanks to you our dear lawmakers for touring around the deadtraps called roads in our south east, you have seem thing yourself pls do evey thing within your ligistrative powers to serve our geopolitical region from this bad road network.
It`s very sad thing that Anambra tears-Cleaner Ex-Gov. Dr. Nwabueze Ngige was not allowed to fulfiled the good mission God sent him to Anambra state and that was the cause of wickedness of greedy men that hostaging Anambra state headed by Ubas & Co.
Soldier go soldier come!!!
Marginalization of south east
This is a very good innovative legislative functions that must be sustained with actions. The results of all these inspections by the committees of the honourable lawmakers spread accross all sectors should be translated into major changes in law governing our national infrastructures. Quickly on the road networks belonging to Federal, let there a legislature to allow the States take over the “Federal Roads” within and around their borders. There should arrangement to reimburse all states for the maintenance under the suppervision of the Federal Ministry of Works. Doing so, it will remove the non-chalant attitude of states aboundoning Federal Roads and will further promote a healthy competition amongst these states.
The contractors choosen to maintain or reconstruct our roads should be compelled to maintain standards and avoid cutting corners by using sub-standard materials.
So much for no victor no vanquish. This shows the quality of rulers we have.
You’re talking about other bad roads in the south east,let them enter Aba.They’ll carry their shoes for hand. Wonderful/laughable things are happening there.There,men carry keke na pepe on their heads cross water.No single good road in Aba.
My brothers, let us not put all our blames to anybody or any governor non mr. President ok, becos that man man called Jonathan good luck (gcfr). Is trying more than we can do, a man full of honest,trustworthy,e.t.c., atlist no south-east governor can do much as he is doing.. Pls. Read isaiah .that is all about mr. President good luck Jonathan. And in that case, he has no god father ok. So i believe if some south east governor inspect d road, and let mr. President know about it, he will react immed.. But some governor like mr. T.a. Orji who is already coursed by God. Are d bad people in the country who cares in suffering the poor in his state. But I am waiting for him to come down, let me tell him what the law says.
The southeast states is in a state of mess.A deathtrap 2 evry1. Abia is d worst, wit d govenor rakin in illegal funds. No gud state roads, exubitant skul(ABSU & Abiapoly) fees, no company 4 employment. Golden guinea brewry n glass industry hav al gone moribond, no paymnt of salaries. He & his son hav turnd tyrant wit d state radio(B.C.A) singin his praise frm dusk 2 dawn. God save ABIA STATE.
One day Nigeria will become a demise nation but pls before that will come,they should make sure to destroy any thing that will make Igbos stand. Biafra will rise.i am from SE and Igbo .the truth is all over Nigeria we don’t have any good road.that of S/E should not be seeing and called road instead a bush path.where do we have gud road especially federal road.we don
t have fed govt.we only have fed thieves and people destroying party,PDP
We made mistake when we voted GEJ on his personal capacity today he have made us to beleive that PDP and him is married together not married with the Nigerian masses who supported him with a hope that as some one who did not wear shoe will not be carried away by people who’s occupation is amassing wealth.4get about crying 4 SE,one day it must triumph but not in Nigeria as a
nation,rather in another nation which the almighty will give them.pls fed govt don’t reconstruct the bush path people are calling road,don’t build 2nd
Niger bridge,don’t build any power plant,don’t build any refinery,don’t build any Airport,don’t build any industry,don’t build any dam,don’t build any hospital,bridges,don’t build
any known good project,don’t appoint and if ever appointed never give good post,don’t rehabilitate any non functioning project,above all never award any contract to solve any erosion
in the SE,don’t locate any meaningful project any meaningful military barrack
in the SE.You can build many prisons to
detain as many as from SE who aspires to become some body or who opposes any
govt in Nigeria including any who from
SE that opposes Boko haram.with this Nigeria will rise and become next after
USA provided South East is excluded,B4 any other country will be mentioned.if U fail to exclude SE,never will Nigeria
rise.remember fed govt action after the
war by seizing Igbo’s money,properties,
and denial to food during the war have today made Nigerians except Igbos greater than China,South Korea,India,S
Africa,HongKong,Taiwan.that have made Cameroun and all other African Countries to fear and respect Nigeria.
Now Bakasi have become Cameroun because
of defeat of Biafra have made Nigeria respected all over the world.pls fed govt cameroun can be extended up to Ogbor hill in Aba present day Abia state as we were told.that will make Nigeria become permanent member of UN Security council provided Igbos are at
the receiving end.if the map can be redrawn in a such away that Bakasi not being the Land of SE(IGBO)will be exchange with one or two states in SE that will serve a good purpose for the
Nigeria since one day Igbos will not be Nigeria.
Shedding of crocodile tears, that’s the end of the story. Nigerians should learn from other nations and call their rullers to account for all the trillions of Nija money being stolen by these inept contractors and the politician collaborators. When will Nigerians stop worshiping those election thieves and make it openely clear to them that, they either serve us, quit or better still leave Nigeria alone. I can bet you that nothing will be heared beyond this.
The construction company in question need to be probe… And more over the worst is enugu-port harcourt express way.. Please I will talk to the minister for works, but in that case, w must commend on the house committee on works &co… Thanks all for the antispaction……. From hon. Kingsley bukason Uwah. (bukason4k@yahoo.com), 08067434713 SMS only pls.
Honourable house member,u saw owerri onitsha road as better.did u ask ur self which contractor did d road? For ur information,it was done by julius berger.now my fellow Easternans, does it mean dat our leaders in south East cant afford d service of julius berger? So called igbo leaders ar d people subjectin us to all sort of backwardness while they live and invest in Abuja and Lagos,inconviniencin d indegenes of dat region. pls “umu nnem” lets tell our self d truth igbo greedy leaders ar d architect of our bad roads.
They are all criminals,where are those legislators that represent south east? what they are after is another coming election 2015.God will punish all of them because they are not good representatives and they thought if somebody dies he/she goes with their ill gotten wealth.
Ossy
I love Nigeria, especially South East, at least they can kill you without you knowing that you are being killed. It gives me joy each time I pass through Lokpanta (Enugu/Port Harcourt express road). It assures me that I can get to heaven if I like, because the road is as rough as the road to heaven. Infact, if you die five times on that road you are lucky, and God will never forgive you. It tells God how much you hate yourself. I better remain in Enugu than die trying to get to Abia state.
Forget them (Legislatures) we know them, so, they cant deceive us, we know we are not Nigerians but Igbos. We also know that they never visited South East individually to have taken appropriate action but this day. It shows us how responsive leaders they are. We also know that the shed crocodile tears will dry before they get back to Abuja, and most assuredly, will forget what they saw on South East road. Nevertheless, I will still vote come 2015 even though my vote does not count.
Law makers or whatever you may be called, If you want to maintain s.east road, take this few steps (1) disclose to mr president to stop going by air on state visit so as to apply the road and see what makes us feel that both FEC, REPS and STATE GOVERNORS are criminals. (2) Every contract must be monitoured right from the day kobo is released for it. Let me stop with this two”
Thanks,good representation
What will the son of man say .isi mkpi no n’akpa mkpi
I am an enginer with over twenty years of road construction experience in Europe. My question is how can 80 % payment be made to a contractor who has only completed 10 % work ????
It is never done, and we are supposed to have Nigerian Engineers in the Ministry of Works.
Tufia kwa. That is where the problem lies. Thieves every where. How do you expect Nigeria to change ???
is dis wat we cal we hv gvrmnt dat didnt care about d lifes of there citizen mr legisltr ar u sure u ar touch by wat u see o u just foolg d mases but u shoul rmbr GOD in all u do hp we wil see u people action in time
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The Awka-Orlu-Owerri federal highway was fully asphalted but what would amount to a small bridge across the Urashi River in Ideato area was not built. Erosion arising from the borrow pits has since carried away many homes in Ideato area. No body cares. Billions of Naira was thus wasted as the road has remained unusable from Awka to Owerri as was meant. Nigeria is a country that elicits cries.
whenever one reads the altitudes of our so called representatives, one is bound to cry especially when you are in Diaspora, nonetheless, the visits by the house representatives on South East reads should serve as an eye opener to president Jonathan if he cares to make amend on all these eye sore roads in the south east.
It is only in Nigeria contracts are awarded with 80% upfront pmt without due process like, soil testing, duration of contracts, site control managers from govt, what happens if contracts fail to meet the deadline of termination, what punishment awaits such contractor, etc. Nigeria is a moving skeleton, caused by corruption, until we do away with corruption we cannt get it right. the bitter truth is that legislators / political office holders have their hands in these contracts hence the reason for its delay and nothing happens to such contractors b/c they have committed themselves directly or indirectly, either by 10% or 20% mandatory fee from the contractors. I am a Nigerian in Diaspora, you can hardly see any abandoned project come what may, and you don’t collect your full pay until the contract is dully completed and handed over to govt. its an urgly situation in this country, called Nigeria. Any how this is a new begining, if finally our representatives have learned their lessons by visiting fed govt contracts its a welcome event, how could they know, since throughout their tenure its either in a convoy plying good roads or all the time through air. while the poor masses cry in vain…
The same thing is about happening in the privitisation exercise, where corruption is the order of the day, there has been illegal dealings in the privitisation issue, government officals are all involved, imagine governors forming an electro companies inorder to canvas for privitisation bidding, this time its no ”confict of interest” who will save this country? who will be the ”MOSES” of our time?… the hope of the people on power improvement is now bashing, bc its like the whole effort is going down again after the exit of Prof. Berth Nnaji. I suggest if the president could humble himself enough to repair what has been damaged by using every necessary means in calling back Prof. Berth Nnaji it wil be a welcome event, only this could increase the hope of Nigerians in envisaging their hope in rescucitating the power sector of this nation.
there visits could be meaningful only when the govt take due action on their report, the public are watching…
Dnt condem GEJ(Prsdnt) yet. Those roads mite ve ben awardd b/4 his emgence as d Prsdnt. Sm S/East REPs mite ve contrbtd 2 d bad situatn. Bt so far they ve statd inspectn, lets hop smtin beta wil be don. DRY BONE SHAL RISE AGAIN.
Isn’t that the proof of the vanquished people? Nigeria, be honest to yourself, and repent for your wickedness against a race, our redeemer is alife!
We have seen ministers even cried over bad roads benin- lagos yet nothing changed on that road. Lawmakers una well done. You came. You saw then what happened? Roads where goat could.nt pass must b in a horror flim
Its not new to us hearing things like this, where fed. law makers goes on tours and yell on contractors, after which they go back to their base at Abuja to continue to share loot with out any action to back their warnings and threats to those God forsaking and people rejected contractors.
Go 2 north! De hv beautiful fed roads! While S/E roads are neglect! Hw can we hv unity! Where dia is disequilibrum!
ALISON MADUEKWE AS A WORKS MINISTER DID NOT ONLY WEEP,SHE ALSO RENDERD APPOLOGY TO THE PEOPLE OF S OUTHEAST.AFTER THAT WHAT HAPPENED,INSTEAD SHE LEFT THEM WORSE THAN SHE MET THEM.WE ARE NOT MOVED BY THEIR TEARS.ONLY ACTION WILL
Their tears means nothing to us again afterall former works minister Diezani Madueke wept about state of Nigerian roads especially Lagos-Ibadan-Ore-Benin road and uptil today nothing has happened. I now ask, will Heaven fall if the FGN awards all the major roads in South East to Julius Bergger? These lawamakers themselves are not helping matters at all for they are merely playing to the gallary since their so called oversight function is window dressing. They are major stakeholders in all the contracting firms so i am not surprised. They know what is good but simply fail to do it therefore God’s wrath will fall upon them.
I never in my life belive dat our own goodluck wil abandoned us in dis critical condition of bad roads in the south east pls mr president no mater any tin pls for GOD sake help us d roads in the southeast are death traps pls mr president Do it cos of GOD biko
Orji Uzor Kalu entered Obasanjo’s black book because the action Governor challenged him on the state of Enugu-Port harcourt expressway. The imbecile in Abia state government house has not deemed it fit to challenge Jonathan on the danger that road posses to life. Theodore Orji Ahamefule is a bloody coward and a fraudster. Shame on you.You are busy sharing Abia state monthly allocation with the so called Abia elders. Your bed in kirikiri prison is still waiting for you.
It is good that the lawmakers visited the zone to see things for themselves. At least they have drawn the attention of the federal government to this relative deprivation. It’s now left for GEJ and his FEC to act or not to act. Whether they act or not, the southeast is used to marginalisation. GEJ himself knows it. Let’s see if his government will make any difference or whether he’ll follow his predecessors in neglecting the southeast.
Well it sounds nice and hopefull what our legislators expressed at the end of their South East roads tour we are now looking forward to what the out come of the visits will be in the next six months if their out cries and sympathy are real as expressed it also seems that our Governors don’t present the out cries of the people they claim they govern and represent to the Federal Government
if not how can all our roads be like this and yet everyday you watch them appraising their achievements in the press whereas all na lie May God help us out
@Chykee so u are more educated than every one in the main market onitsha? Don’t mind the lawmakers they can only speak sympathetic grammar but no action.
NO ACTION, ONLY STEAM. DONT YOU KNOW THAT SETRACO BELONGS TO AN UNTAOUCHABLE TONY ANENIH. CCC AND D REST BELONG TO OTHER POLITICAL STALWARTS AND INFACT THE HOUSE MEMBERS ARE ALL IN D GAME. SO PLS TELL ME: CAN CORRUPTION FIGHT ITSELF?
thank God the truth is now unveiled. I pray that action will be taken immediately
Who authorizes payments to contractors, even to the tune of 80% for works not executed? Do we have on good authority that some two faced house members are not privy to the destruction of their own motherland through double dealings with the contractors. It beats all imagination and common sense of reasoning that in this day and age other nations are building rockets and space stations, Igbo land albeit Nigeria is still battling to provide roads and some other basic amenities. History will one day remember all these self-serving politicians in the Hall of Shame – a legacy they are leaving for their generation unborn. If these politicians saw the prize the Israelis paid to have a homeland, they will appreciate their own home land and make it beautiful. Imagine every Igbo person relocating overseas, including sojourn in Hausa land, Yoruba land, Uk, etc., after we have destroyed our father land. I believe now is the time for people who have any iota of love for their mother land to rise up and do something.
Now the inspection is over what we need is action. This issue has to be addressed, infact it’s becoming unbearable
Let us not be deceived with their cries and comments, a minister of works in this country cried for Lagos Benin Express road after how many years what is the situation. Hon. Toby Okechukwu, the leader is from the zone, is he surprised because he has not been visiting home or what, how did he campaign for his votes? is it not from that zone?. Maybe they should inspect the Ohafia Arochukwu road and see what is called death trap. I think we should know who to give our votes
Speak the true let the devil be ashamed .What make Sun Newspaper not to publish the people behind these Companies?CCC has no meaning to me anyway. Benue State mentioned the name of Dr.Doyin as having collected their money but failed to complete the job though President Jonathan failed to sack him ,his personality had been dented for future reference.And why is the House Committee just visiting since 2009 when the damage has been done.? You cannot eat your cake and have it back because most of these jobs are being executed by Easterners and hence, Sun cover them.
The lawmakers has just concluded there eight days drama only God knows the next time such drama will be conducted WHAT A SHAME
It’s unfortunate that mere brick-layers are allowed to handle job meant for Julius Berger, Rcc and likes. It’s a national shame. It’s not a case of a defeated people but a nation without standard. Yes that is south east but still in Nigeria .Let me make it clear to everybody that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere.Very soon , the north,south,and west will know that what affects an easterner affects all Nigerians. To the commercial Assembly -sorry National Assembly House Committee members , summon the erring contractors immediately if you want to show serious in your own investigation for proper action or you guys should wasting our money excursion tour period
It’s unfortunate that mere brick-layers are allowed to handle job meant for Julius Berger, Rcc and likes. It’s a national shame. It’s not a case of a defeated people but a nation without standard. Yes that is south east but still in Nigeria .Let me make it clear to everybody that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere.Very soon , the north,south,and west will know that what affects an easterner affects all Nigerians. To the commercial Assembly -sorry National Assembly House Committee members , summon the erring contractors immediately if you want to show seriousness in your fact finding mission for proper action or you guys should stop wasting our money for excursion tour period