The Minister of Works, Power and
Housing, Mr.Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday said seven Federal Government projects,
totalling N18.186bn were abandoned in Osun State by Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP-led Federal Government.
He mentioned Gbongan-Iwo road,
Ilesha-Osogbo road, Construction of Illie bridge, Ile-ife-Ifewara road, and
Mayfair-Lagere road among others as some of the abandoned projects with
attendant socioeconomic predicament for the affected communities.
Fashola, who was represented by
the Federal Controller of Works in Osun State, Engineer Ezekiah Kehinde on
Media inspection tour of all the Federal Government projects in the state
hinted that the Buhari administration became worry over the development upon
assumption of office in 2015.
He explained that contractors
handling those projects had complained of paucity of funds to continue with the
projects as a result of failure of the previous administration to pay them.
“The Federal Government
considered those projects as fundamental for the socioeconomic survival of the
people in those areas. Which informed the urgency in which those contractors
were brought back to site and outstanding debts were cleared.
“Also, four more projects were
added, totalling N8.45bn, which include the construction of Ila-Ora-Ekanmeje
road, and emergency intervention at Ibodi-Ilesha road among others.
“It would have amount to waste of
resources and insensitivity on the part of government if those projects were
left there abandoned, after spending several billions to mobilise contractors
to site.
“I can authoritatively tell you
now that the Federal Government is not owing any contractor a dime any longer,”
he said.
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