The federal government has terminated its contracts with Mothercat, Reynolds Construction Company Ltd (RCC) and Dantata & Sawoe for non-performance on the dualisation of the Obajana-Benin road project sections two, three and four.
In a statement on Monday, David Umahi, minister of works, said the construction companies have failed to meet their contractual obligations as required by the standard conditions of the contracts.
“The Federal Ministry of Works has terminated contract numbers 6136, 6137, and 6138 with Mothercat Ltd., Dantata & Sawoe Construction Ltd., and RCC Ltd., respectively,” the statement reads.
“The projects affected by this termination are the dualisation of Obajana-Benin Road and Section II (Okene-Ali) in Kogi/Edo
“Others are the dualisation of Obajana-Benin road, section III (Auchi-Ehor), and the dualisation of Obajana-Benin road, section IV (Ehor-Benin), both in Edo.
“The termination of the said contracts became necessary in view of the inordinate delay of the affected companies in job performance.
“The projects which were awarded on 3rd December 2012 were advertently abandoned by the contractors, and no genuine commitment or good faith was shown towards executing the projects after accepting the considerations offered by the Federal Government, thereby exposing the road users to untold hardship due to the deplorable condition of the projects.
The minister said the federal government would not condone “acts of unseriousness and sabotage” from any contractor.
“The minister directs the engineers concerned to, upon doing the needful, arrange with the affected companies for a joint measurement of work so far done by the said companies preparatory to taking over the sites from the said companies, and this directive is without prejudice to the exercise of other rights of the Federal Government under the contract,” he said
