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”.
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