House C’tee Summons Minister, Contractors over Poor Handling of Housing Project in Uyo
CHIGOZIE AMADI
The House Committee on Urban Development and Regional Planning has summoned the Minister of Urban Development and Regional Planning, Ahmed Dangiwa and the four contractors handling the Renewed Hope Projects in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom state to appear before it on Thursday.
The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante issued the summon during an oversight exercise to inspect the projects in the state.
In a statement issued yesterday, he expressed dissatisfaction with the level of implementation of the project and also frowned on the poor job done on Umu Etuk-Spencer Esin slum upgrade road network in Oron.
Abiante also frowned upon the level of implementation of the 250 housing units in Uyo by three separate contractors.
He noted that despite being funded up to 30 per cent each by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, the work done so far was less than 6 per cent.
The chairman stressed that the project which was awarded in June 2024 ought to have been completed in September 2024.
Abiante stressed the need for Dangiwa to engage sincere and experienced contractors in the implementation of federal projects.
He said: ”The contractor that handled this Oron road project succeeded in wasting funds allocated to it on substandard materials. As you can see, the visible deplorable state of a road newly constructed in July this year, aiming to ameliorate the sufferings of the people living in this region. The committee is not happy with this situation.
“The three different contractors namely Springwell Intercontinental Resources, Tunsoye Trust Global Link and Hyosungs Nigeria Limited handling the 250 housing units in Uruan, Uyo Capital City and this slum upgrade road in Oron Local government Area by Logine Limited, have intentions to sabotage the efforts of the renewed hope housing scheme of the President Bola Tinubu led administration.”
Abiante, therefore, directed the clerk of the legislative panel to “officially invite the Dangiwa, and the four contractors to appear before the committee appearance before the committee this week Thursday unfailingly.”
The engagement, he said, would expose the committee to the challenges and limitations propelling the current unsatisfied level of the implementation of both projects.
