By Thompson Yamput
The Kogi House of Assembly on Thursday summoned a contractor over abandoned 6km Ihima-Oboroke-Obangede road reconstruction in the state.
The Contractor, Spectrum Engineering LTD, is being accused of abandoning the project without any cogent reason.
The Speaker, Mr Aliyu Yusuf, who gave the order after the house deliberations on a motion of urgent importance, expressed dismay over the attitude of the contractor.
Yusuf had directed the House Committee on Works and Infrastructure and the State Ministry of Work to jointly carryout an on-the-spot assessment of the road project with a view to proposing appropriate recommendations to the hallow chamber.
Earlier, Hon. Otokiti Alhassan Zakariya, member representing Okehi Constituency had, in a motion of urgent public importance, told the house about the dilapidated nature of that road after it was abandoned by the contractor.
He said the dilapidated road has not only hampered commercial activities among the affected communities but it was breeding criminals thereby endangering the lives and properties of his constituents and travellers plying the road.
“It is sad to draw the attention of this assembly to the increasing cases of criminal activities perpetrated by hoodlums along the abandoned 6km Obehira-OborokeObangede road under construction.
“Cases of robbery, kidnapping, theft, and rape are recorded almost on daily bases in this road.
“The contract for the reconstruction of the road was awarded to Spectrum Engineering LTD in 2016 with a completion period of less than a year but disappointingly, the contract was not properly executed, ” he said.
Zakariya said the ugly trend had negatively affected the socio economic development of the affected the constituency and the urgent need to checkmate it to ensure safety to the people. NAN
