…to identify with committed contractors
By Ebriku John Friday
Power contractors handling Federal Government projects have been warned to desist from any form of shoddy performance in the execution of power projects in the country.
Speaking at a strategic technical competence and performance evaluation meeting between the ministers of power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, the minister of state power, Goddy Jedy Agba and contractors in the power sector, the two ministers warned that airing contractors who are responsible for the set backs in the sector shall no longer be tolerated.
The ministers argued that some major projects of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company like the 330/132/33 kv line Lafia handled by AK-AY Energy is ready for commissioning November 2021.
In a statement issued in Abuja Friday, signed by the special Assistant on media to the minister of state power, Mr. Ofem Uket, it read that the ongoing power sector reforms of the federal government is hesitant to any form of sabotage and sub-standard jobs by contractors.
The statement further revealed that the AK- AY Energy has demonstrated capacity in the execution of its projects with the NDPHC and the Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN.
The Government called on contractors to be more dedicated in the execution of public infrastructure in order to get value for public expenditure.
