The House Committee on Urban Development and Regional Planning has expressed displeasure over the level of implementation of the Renewed Hope Estate Project in Uyo the Akwa-Ibom State capital.
The committee also frowned at the poor job done on the Umu Etuk-Spencer Esin slum upgrade road network in the Oron local government area of the state.
Members of the committee expressed their plight during an oversight visit to inspect projects in Akwa Ibom State.
The committee’s chairman, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante Dagomie, blasted the four contractors handling the projects and emphasised the need to engage competent ones to ensure the projects were properly implemented.
Abiante particularly frowned at the level of implementation of the 250 housing units in Uyo by threeseparate contractors.
He said despite being funded up to 30 per cent each by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, the work done so far was less than six per cent.
The lawmaker added that the project, awarded in June 2024, should have been completed since September 2024.
He stressed the need for the housing and urban development minister, Architect Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, to engage sincere and experienced contractors in implementing federal projects.
The lawmaker, while calling for a total reconstruction of the Umu Etuk-Spencer Esin Road slum upgrade, said: “The contractor that handled this Oron Road project succeeded in wasting funds allocated to it on substandard materials.
“As you can see, the visible deplorable state of a road newly constructed in July of this year aims to ameliorate the sufferings of the people living in this region. The committee is not happy with this situation.
“The three different contractors, namely Springwell Intercontinental Resources, Tunsoye Trust Global Link and Hyosungs Nigeria Limited, handling the 250 housing units in Uruan, Uyo Capital City and this slum upgrade road in Oron local government area by Logine Limited, have pure intentions to sabotage the efforts of the renewed hope housing scheme of the President Bola Tinubu led administration.”
Abiante directed the committee clerk to officially invite the minister of urban development and regional planning and the four contractors to appear before the panel on Thursday to brief lawmakers on the state of projects.
