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The Minister of Works, Senator Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has ordered that qualified indigenous contractors instrumentality implicit the troubled 43-kilometre Aba–Port Harcourt roadworthy project, presently managed by China Civil Engineering Construction Company Limited (CCECC).
This directive follows the minister’s inspection connected October 19, 2025, which revealed the contractor’s nonaccomplishment to comply with caller national roadworthy operation standards, starring to the road’s near-collapse.
Umahi announced that a 14-day announcement of termination would beryllium served to CCECC, citing repeated warnings and unsatisfactory responses from the company. “The Port Harcourt-bound conception volition nary longer beryllium handled by CCECC.
We volition instantly prosecute indigenous contractors to proceed enactment portion we unafraid funds for the project,” helium said.
The curate emphasised that the contractor indispensable decently repair the binder furniture astatine their ain outgo wrong the announcement period. Failure to bash truthful volition effect successful termination. He besides condemned the unacceptable signifier of laying binders without the required wearing courses, which violates the ministry’s caller operation codes.
In opposition to the challenges with CCECC, Umahi commended Arab Contractors Nigeria Limited for their awesome advancement connected the Enugu–Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway project, which has reached 85 per cent completion.
He urged regular tract inspections to observe and code imaginable issues early.
Highlighting the wider roadworthy infrastructure challenges inherited by the government, the curate reaffirmed the Renewed Hope administration’s committedness to enforcing precocious operation standards to present harmless and durable roads crossed Nigeria.
“If you get to Port Harcourt end, which they did astir 2 years oregon thereabout, the full roadworthy has astir wholly failed. We person been penning them to support this road. They person refused, and truthful I person to instrumentality work and marque a decision,” the curate said.
“Number one, the Port Harcourt bound is nary longer going to beryllium done by CCECC. I volition nonstop the ministry of Works to scout retired for precise qualified indigenous contractors to grip the Port Harcourt-bound. They should beryllium the contractor that volition commencement enactment instantly portion we benignant retired funds for them.
Number two, for the tract handled by CCECC, they should contented them 14 days’ announcement of termination of the job. After 14 days, if they neglect to mill retired the binder and regenerate it properly, the occupation volition beryllium terminated; they person to initiate it; they person to perpetrate to doing that. Even if they are going to bash it during the adust season, they person to support the ones that they person done and they enactment successful penning that they’re going to mill retired the binder astatine their ain cost, and past beryllium capable to enactment a caller binder, which we person paid for,” helium pointed out.
Umahi restated that laying binders without wearing courses was unacceptable and went against the caller standards of roadworthy operation nether his leadership.
In a much affirmative development, the curate commended Arab Contractors Nigeria Limited for their awesome enactment connected the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the Enugu–Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway, Section II (Umuahia Tower–Aba Rail/Road Crossing) successful Abia State. The 56-kilometre task has present reached 85 per cent completion.
“They are 1 of our champion — the archetypal five. Even though we privation them to support the completed conception from Aba to Umuahia, they’re moving precise hard. The controller is besides doing precise well. I privation the controller to sojourn each the projects of the Federal Government successful Abia State astatine slightest erstwhile a week, truthful that if determination is simply a occupation of impending information oregon cost, you fto america know,” helium noted.
Reflecting connected the broader authorities of Nigeria’s roads, Umahi acknowledged the problematic information of respective inherited projects crossed the state but assured that the Renewed Hope medication of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made them a apical priority.
The curate reaffirmed the ministry’s committedness to enforcing strict operation standards nationwide to guarantee Nigerians bask safe, high-quality, and lasting roadworthy infrastructure.
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