PORT-HARCOURT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REMODELING CONTRACT SET TO BE REVOKED BY GOVERNMENT

Nigeria Government plans to revoke port-harcourt international airport remodeling contract due to slow pace of work by contractor.

The Nigeria Government under the ministry of Aviation has threatened to revoke the remodelling contract of the domestic wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport due to slow pace of work by the contractor. The contract which was awarded to INTER-BAU Construction Ltd had suffered prolonged delay since inception in 2012 and it has resulted in the federal government setting a deadline of the completion of the project to july of this year.

Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, “Unfortunately, this particular procurement started in 2011 and the contractor moved to site in 2012. Since then, he has taken his own speed the way he deems fit to do so and he has been indulge,”

According to him, “I am disappointed with his slow pace of work and services. As the minister of state for aviation, i have invited him severally to my office to read him all the riot acts that i know how to and we have given him timelines and he has not adhered to those timelines and i am constrained to take a drastic action once i leave here.”

The minister said although the contractor had promised to complete the project in five months, the government was already tired of excuses and would act in the best interest of the people by doing everything possible to finish it on time.

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