By Nwogha Ndubuisi, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State government has warned local contractors to ensure that they deliver quality jobs within the timeline given to them or be sanctioned.
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Uchenna Igwe, handed down the warning at Nkaleke Echara Ndebor Community in Ebonyi Local Government Area after an unscheduled inspection tour of palace project sites in Abakaliki, Ishielu, Ezza North, Ebonyi, Izzi and Ikwo Local Government Areas.
Igwe frowned at the deviation from specifications and violation of project timelines by some of the contractors in Oshiegbe, Amuda-Amewula, Nkaleke Echara Unuphu, Nkaleke Echara Ndebor, Okpuitumo, Igbegu and Echara project sites.
“I want to use this opportunity to warn all contractors handling Ebonyi State projects not to abuse the privilege given to them by the People’s Charter of Needs administration who understands the stimulating impact of patronising local content and opted to patronise indigenous contractors.
“Contractors who think they can lower the bar of quality as specified in the contract or refuse to deliver on time are joking because the administration of Governor Francis Nwifuru which is in a hurry to solve the developmental challenges of Ebonyi State and her people will not tolerate that.
“Every detail in the drawing is important and must be effected in the construction. By now, every project is supposed to have been decked. Contractors who violate contract specifications and timelines risk revocation, arrest and prosecution. Others who have left their respective project sites are hereby ordered to return to site,” he said.
Igwe, however, thanked the contractors handling Ogboji Ezzaegu, Amegu, Ogharugo and Inyere palace projects for the quality and speed of their projects.
The commissioner, who was accompanied by the Acting Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Chief Isaac Chukwu and members of Ebonyi State Local Government Advisory Committee, assured that the unscheduled project inspection tour would continue with intensity until every project is completed according to specifications and delivered for commissioning.
It would be recalled that Governor Nwifuru is building modern palaces for each of the traditional rulers.
