The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mr Mustapha Shehuri, has summoned the contractor handling Mararaba Mubi-Michika-Madagali road, Rhas Nigeria Limited, for abandoning the project.

Shehuri summoned the constructor on Saturday in Yola during an inspection of some Federal Government road projects in Adamawa.

He expressed dissatisfaction over the abandonment of the project by the contractor after collecting mobilisation.

“Going by the level of work here and from what I have seen, I am not impressed with the performance of the contractor. With what I am seeing on this site, I think there is need for us to sit down with the contractor because government cannot tolerate this.”

“I am, therefore, inviting the Managing Director of the company to appear in Abuja because it is disturbing for the lifespan of the project to elapse and work done is only 1.7 per cent complete”.

“This is a very important project because the direct beneficiaries have been under attack of Boko Haram, and since peace has been restored, there should be free movement of people,” he said.

The minister expressed dissatisfaction over claim by the contractor that the project was delayed because of non availability of working drawings and he is surprise to hear that designing a bridge will take one year in the ministry where there are several engineers.

Abubakar noted that the 90 kilometre road and bridge projects were awarded in 2017 and that the bridges were collapsed by Boko Haram insurgents in 2016.

Salihu said that the project commenced in 2017 with a completion period of 18 months, which had elapsed 115 per cent completion period.

(NAN)