The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Steve Oru, has
threatened to revoke the contracts for two of the nine skill acquisition
centres in the Niger Delta over poor and delayed contract execution.
The two contracts are the Skill Acquisition Centre in Otuke,
in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and the one for Ibeno in
Akwa Ibom State awarded for N3.4bn.
The companies involved in the execution of the contract for
the two centres are Stegis International Agencies Nigeria Limited, Salem Cat
Limited, Enorasol International Limited, Ogbosite International Limited,
El-Hanen Ventures Limited, Verity Concept Limited and Y.S. Associates Limited
The Otuoke Centre is expected to be a centre for the
training of youths in oil and gas, maritime studies, Information and
Communication Technology and how to assemble ipad and mobile telephones on
completion.
The minister summoned the contracting firms to his office
and lambasted them for shoddy execution of the contracts, which he said lacked
the appropriate supervision.
He told the two contractors that the level and the quality
of job done on the centres was too poor to be acceptable to the Federal
Government.
He therefore issued a two-month ultimatum to the contractor
handling the Otuoke Centre and a six-month period of grace to the firm handling
the Ibeno Centre to complete the projects or face the wrath of the government.
He said, “The impression we had before the visit were of
Otuoke being ready for commissioning by the President at any given date and
that this would be followed by the commissioning of Ibeno.
Punch
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