Uzodinma revokes road contracts awarded by Ihedioha

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has directed the state Ministry of Works to terminate the Assumpta Roundabout/Port Harcourt Roundabout axis contract and re-award same to a more serious contractor who can fix the road before the raining season starts.

He expressed dismay over the lackadaisical attitude of the contractor handling the project, pointing out that Assumpta Road is critical to the state because of its economic importance.

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“It has been closed for months without corresponding work going on there; this must not be left to continue,” the governor declared. 

Gov. Uzodimma warned contractors handling road projects in the state to return to site and start serious work or risk losing their contracts.

The governor also said that he is going to set up a task force to re-visit all the road contracts earlier awarded by the former administration to determine the serious contractors.

Gov. Uzodimma, who spoke on Monday during an on the spot assessment of the roads under construction in the state, stressed that his government cannot be held to ransom by contractors who are bent on sabotaging his efforts by abandoning contracts awarded to them by the previous government.

 He said that “it is clear to me that some of these contractors are either not capable or up to something. Sooner than later, the rains will start and the roads are still lying like that. I am beginning to see them as sabotaging my government.

“I am going to set up a task force that will revisit all these roads to determine the contractors that are serious and the ones that are not serious. We will terminate the contracts of the unserious ones and re-award them to serious contractors.”

It will recalled that Gov. Uzodimma had earlier given 72- hours ultimatum to contractors who left their sites to return or risk their contracts being terminated and the mobilization fees paid to them refunded. This ultimatum had since elapsed.