The Minister of Transportation,
Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has described the delay by the China Civil Engineering and
Construction Corporation’s (CCECC) in completing the 10 railway stations along
Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line as embarrassing.
Amaechi made the remarks on
Friday at the Abeokuta rail station under construction, during the monthly
inspection of the on-going Lagos to Ibadan Rail project.
According to him, CCECC, the
contractor handling the 156km rail line, has reduced the pace of work between
the last two inspections in November and December.
“The delay is becoming an
embarrassment and I think we need to meet with the CCECC. We cannot continue
like this. The speed has reduced drastically this time, we need to meet with
the management of CCECC. We have a problem with CCECC honestly,” the minister
said.
Amaechi, who expressed
displeasure over the work pace at Agbado, Kajola, Papalanto and Abeokuta’s
railways stations, said the contractor had promised to finish the stations
within three months.
The minister, who insisted that
the stations should be completed by the end of January 2020, urged the
contractor to engage workers who were ready to work.
According to him, all reasons the
contractor is not moving forward as expected must be tackled to ensure delivery
of the stations as soon as possible.
He said that block work,
flooring, plastering and pipe layings should have moved forward than the stage
they were.
Amaechi urged the contractor not
to wait until April when the project was expected to be inaugurated before
completing them.
He said that three years after
the inauguration of the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail line, the contractor
was still at the site working on power.
According to him, for Ibadan-Kano
standard gauge rail line was billed for commencement in 2020, so all the
projects comprising track laying, stations, power should be taken at the same
time.
According to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the track laying has moved from Iju Station to
around Agege and work was still ongoing at the Lagos axis.
Amaechi had assured Nigerians
that the entire project would be delivered by April 2020.
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