Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)have decried protracted delay in the completion of the Kuje-Gwagwalada road projects awarded since 2010.
Some residents of the territory told journalists in Kuje and Gwagwalada that the delay in the completion of the project was slowing down socio-economic activities.
It will be recalled that the 16.5 kilometres road was awarded to two contractors, Teleview International Nigeria Limited and Crain Builders Nigeria Limited, Guardian reports.
Crain Builders was awarded 10 kilometres of the project from Kuje axis, while Teleview was awarded 6.5 kilometres from Gwagwalada axis.
It is gathered that, while Crain Builders had completed the 10 kilometres awarded to it, Televeiw was yet to complete its section of the project.
The residents, however, expressed dismay over poor quality project executed by Crain Builders, adding that the road was already developing portholes after just two years of completion.
Zainab Yachi, a civil servant, who works in Gwagwalada, but live in Kuje blamed the poor quality work on lack of diligent supervision by relevant government agencies that awarded the contract.
She said successive FCT administrations had awarded and revoked contracts on the same road before it was finally awarded in 2010.
In her words, “We were happy when it was awarded in 2010 even though provision was not made for the drainage.
“After the award, there was still problem because the contractor did not come to site till 2012 and that was what delayed the execution of the project.
“The annoying thing now is that the portions that have been completed are already having pot-holes because the project was executed with poor materials,” she alleged.
Yachi appealed to the relevant authorities to order the contractor back to site to correct the damaged portions of the road in the interest of residents.
Kabir Musa, a driver and resident of Kuje, told journalists that it was unfortunate that a project awarded in 2010 was still lingering without hope of completion soon.
He blamed the delay in the execution of the project on corruption and lack of political will on the part of past administrations of FCT.
According to him, Teleview resumed work on the 6.5 kilometres of the road awarded to it after President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner of the 2015 general election.
In his words, “Teleview got the contract in 2010 and was not seen on site till the inception of President Buhari led administration in 2015.
“The implication of this is that the contractor was not ready to execute the project he was mobilised for and this is not in the interest of residents of Satellite towns
“We have seen some level of seriousness on the part of the current FCT administration and our appeal is that the minister should order such contractors back to site,” he said
