Okowa attacks Fashola over failed Warri-Sapele road

Okowa attacks Fashola over failed Warri-Sapele road

Friday, April 8, 2016 9:50 pm


Gov. Okowa   and team during the inspection  of Warri-Sapele Road

Gov. Okowa and team during the inspection of Warri-Sapele Road

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

The Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has decried the non-chalant attitude of the Federal Ministry of Works towards the rehabilitation of failed sections of the Warri/Sapele Road.

He spoke  when he inspected  the on-going rehabilitation of  the road being carried out by the state government.

Okowa, who was accompanied by top government officials,  said that he has discussed the issue of the rehabilitation and re-construction of the road with the Minister of Works, Raji Fashola.

Okowa at the escavated part of the road

Okowa at the escavated part of the road

He said he  was surprised that the Federal Controller of Works in the state has not shown any interest on the project despite several contacts and the fact that the road is a federal road.

“I am not happy with the attitude of the Federal Ministry of Works in the state for failing to show interest in partnering with the state government in rehabilitating the failed sections of the Warri/Sapele dual carriage way which is a federal road and after several contacts with him.”

He promised to invite the Federal Controller of Works to explain  their non-challance  towards the rehabilitation of the road.

Senator Okowa assured the contractor, Obakpor Engineering Limited, that his government would provide the necessary  funds to deliver the project within the time frame.

He said  Deltans were the ones using the road and the economy of the surrounding communities was being affected by the failed sections.

Engr. Dona Umukoro, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, who conducted the governor and his team round the project site said that excavation work has been done on both failed sections of the road and that the areas would be sandfilled before stone basing.

He informed the  Governor Okowa that the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has responded to his Ministry’s call  for partnership on the road rehabilitation,  while the Federal Ministry of Works has not.

He gave an assurance to the governor that the project would be delivered on time.


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