President Bola Tinubu, according to Minister of Works Dave Umahi, has given the go-ahead for the usage of concrete in building roads around the nation.
The minister claimed that despite a group effort by some road contractors opposed to the strategy, the president had instructed him to withstand the pressure and act morally and in Nigerians’ best interests.
After their meeting at Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, where he had visited President Bola Tinubu, he revealed it to State House Correspondents.
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He said that some contractors had banded together to thwart the programme with the support of what he referred to as “enemies within.”
Some have taken notice of the policy, Umahi continued, since big cement companies have agreed to reduce pricing for such government road builders.
Umahi forbade contractors from using the shady practise of securing 20 jobs but ultimately sending only two pieces of equipment to the site.
He said: “There are some elements within that are also fighting me, who are also benefitting from the system and that is the greatest problem we have and I just can’t pretend. I will flush those elements out and send them to ICPC to handle them because nobody can hold this country to ransom. So I’m giving them the last chance to conform so we can help Mr. President to reset the country.
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“Then, we’re also leveraging on the contract we signed; it’s 14 days notice we are going to give. I’ve had more than 10 different meetings with contractors where we discussed this. We developed the design, we even developed the cost of doing concrete from the first principle; how much is cement, and the cement factories, the Dangote, the BUA, have agreed to give special discount to our contractors who are going to engage on concrete road pavement, and many contractors are already doing it.
“Not all the contractors are in this gang up, many contractors have come to sign addendum, doing the road pavements. Those who are meeting are going to be losers and before them they will see that we do the job and we will do it very well.
“There is no amount of gang up within and outside that is going to change this, so far that we are fighting for the interest of the people backed by God and approved by Mr. President, there’s no going back.”
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