From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja
The federal government has revoked the warning letter issued to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Limited (CCECC) a fortnight ago for poor handling of Enugu- Port Harcourt dual carriageway, Section 4 (Aba-PH).
Minister of Works, Engineer Nweze Dave Umahi gave the revocation order when he inspected the rehabilitation work of the road at the weekend.
“The warning letter given to CCECC for slow pace of work is hereby revoked. The new pace of work is excellent. The job quality is excellent, and the controller sends me progress reports every day” he said.
The minister, who also inspected the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Enugu- Port Harcourt dual carriageway Section 2 (Umuahia tower- Aba township rail/road) in Abia State, handled by the Arab Contractors; the East West Road Section 111( Eleme-Onne junction) in Rivers State handled by Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) Nigeria Limited; the rehabilitation of Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway Section 3 (Enugu – Lokpanta) in Enugu State handled by CGC, said he was impressed by the progress of work on the respective projects.
“I want to commend RCC openly and with all sincerity. I will also take the quality of work to Mr. President because he directed me. I was just barely one week in office when he directed me to go and flag off this project because the leaders of Niger Delta came to visit him, and they complained bitterly about the road” he said
Umahi also spoke of the good job by the Arab Contractors and said: “I am very happy that the Arab Contractors has done a good job. I commend the contractor. Anybody who wants to see a good job should come here. The controller of Abia State is doing extremely well together with his engineers” he said
While at the CGC project site, he said: “I have seen the work they are doing. They are doing a very beautiful work. The job quality is very good and the speed is also very good. They are among the contractors that have the highest number of equipment in any of their project sites. So I commend them very highly”
In a statement, the contractors who spoke during the inspection visit to their respective projects said that they were committed to the new order in road infrastructure development in Nigeria and assured the minister that they would ensure quality and speed in the delivery of their road projects.
The Project Manager of CCECC in charge of Enugu- Port Harcourt Expressway, Mr Henry Shaw said: “I am going to assure you that the minister is a professional engineer with a great difference. He knows everything. So, nobody can cheat him.”