The Federal government has given a forty-eight-hour ultimatum to the contractor handling the Amansea and Umunya axis of Enugu-Onitsha Express Road to make all the deplorable portions of the road motorable or have the contract revoked.
The Minister of Works, Engineer Dave Umahi gave the direction at Amawbia axis of the road while inspecting on going reconstruction work on the road.
According to Engineer Umahi, the contractor has wasted a lot of time on the road without tangible result, warning that if the road is not motorable within forty-eight-hour hours, he will sack the contractor and have the contract revoked.
He said he can no longer condone a situation where Ndi Igbo are subjected to hardship and pains due to the deplorable state of the road, assuring that it will no longer be business as usual.
He added that contractors given contract on federal roads must prove their mettle if the government’s objectives would be achieved.
The Comptroller, Federal Ministry of Works, Engineer Chukwudi Okpukpara, Anambra state Commissioner for Works, Engineer Ifeanyi Okoma, Chief of Staff to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, Sir Ernest Ezeajughi, Permanent Secretary Anambra state Ministry of Works, Mrs. Stephanie Kelly-Uzor and other Directors in the Ministry were part of the visit.
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