POOR CONSTRUCTION: Contractors set for sanction in Delta.

House Committee on Works, Delta State House of Assembly  has resumed investigations on the failures of some major roads projects executed by Deux Company, ULO company amongst others on DLA road, Ezenei Avenue, dualization of effurun/Osubi road, Federal college road and the Asaba international airport project.

The Chairman, House Committee on works, Hon Evance  Ivwurie at the committee season at the State Assembly Complex said it was pitiable that the state haven paid over N3.6 billion yet suffer as a result of contractors who mean no good for the state.
The Committee Chairman, however said that the investigation was not to witch hunt anybody, but to ensure that Deltans get the very best from their common wealth and also to checkmate the roles of the Ministry of Works as concerns these projects.
Responding to the claims, the Project Director and co-owner of Deux Company, Dr Walter Olatunde said that his company has not abandoned or poorly executed any project, but in the case of effurun/Osubi road, having done the bridge, only moved their equipments to Asaba as elections were at its peak coupled with other constraints such as subsidy removal and difficulty in getting an upward review.
He said that the contract was awarded on 29 December 2010, while his company mobilized to site in 2011, but was unable to go back to site after they physically resumed site in 2014 , due to pending unaddressed issues encapsulating ; change of rates, inadequate quantities and others which would have led to huge loss of money, if they went back to site.
Dr Olatunde further said that they left DLA road in 2014, having done 98% of drainage, 54% binding course, 38% wearing course, but deteriorated due to 3years of raining season that left the two layers of asphalt,stone base and drainage walkways which was supposed to last for a minimum of ten years fully submerged under water coupled with constant vehicular movements.
He said that DLA was the worst road in Asaba, coupled with the tough rainfall terrain evident in the state and a major constraint of linking the drainage to a discharge point at Jesus Saves road which was completely outside of their contract scope.
Meanwhile,
Delta State Consultant on the Airport Project Engr. Akere Kola of JBI Tech Consults limited has said that ULO consultants Limited should not to have been given the project in view of the contractors alleged incompetence for the job, adding that the contract was not executed according to the standard of design and that the workmanship was very poor.
 Engr. Kola further said that ULO was advised to stick to the National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) design, but still went ahead to do his own design, at his own cost for a slight difference in volume of asphalt, adding that the contractor stopped work in June 2017 with initial duration of three months, but only achieved 24.9% after 29 months.

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