The Minister of Works, David Umahi, at the weekend maintained that only contractors who can deliver quickly are needed to work on Nigerian roads, stressing that henceforth, contractors must get to site two weeks before they are paid mobilisation fees.
Speaking while inspecting ongoing works on the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway, Section I (Abuja-Kaduna) from Zuba Interchange to Western Bypass in Kaduna, the minister said that this would guarantee that road projects are not abandoned by those he described as ‘recalcitrant’ contractors.
However, he lauded Messrs Infiouest International (Nig) Limited, which he said has proven its capacity to deliver quality jobs in record time, especially within a month of signing the contract.
“This is without being paid the initial 30 per cent mobilisation fee as against what has been the previous practice,” Umahi emphasised, according to a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mohammed Ahmed.