The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has announced that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has finally suspended work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
It sad the development was not unconnected with delays in
the payment of agreed contract fees for work already done.
Checks have shown that the contractor handling the
reconstruction and expansion works on the Section II from the Sagamu
interchange to Ibadan, Reynolds Construction Company Nigeria Limited, with
Contract No. 6205, had suspended further work on the project due to an
outstanding debt of N8.94bn.
The RCC had in a letter addressed to the Minister of Power,
Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and dated June 2, 2017, called his
attention to the worsening financial situation of the project and pleaded for
his intervention in order to ensure the continuation of work on the site.
The Julius Berger letter stated, “It has become evident that
the required adequate funding for the continuation of the project is not
available. We trust that you will understand that, therefore, and as a
consequence of the unacceptable financial risk to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, we
are left with no choice than to immediately commence suspension of the works on
the project, as earlier notified.”
However, Fashola, in a statement issued by his Special
Adviser on Communications, Mr. Hakeem Bello, on Sunday, stated that the two
contractors working on sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Messrs Julius
Berger and RCC had given notice of suspension of work on the site.
According to Fashola, the letter from the Managing Director,
RCC, Mr. M. Nakhla, which was dated June 2, 2017, stated, “In view of the
irregular payment and the attendant cash flow problem, we shall be constrained
to suspend further execution of work unless there is an appreciable improvement
in the project’s
cash flow and adequate funding arrangement is put in place for
further works.”
Fashola said the letter was co-signed by the Division
Manager, Julius Berger, Mr. W. Loesser; and the Commercial Division Manager,
Mr. T. Meletschus.
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