The Adamawa State House of Assembly Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Community Development has called for immediate reconstruction of collapsed Labondo-Borrong 5 Cell Box Culvert in Girei Local Government Area in the state.
The Chairman of the Committee and member representing Ganye constituency, at the House of Assemby, Hon. Alhassan Hammanjoda, made the call while leading other members of the Committee, Coordinator Rural Access and Mobility Project(RAMP) 2, ChairmanTransition Committee Girei LGC, and the District Head of Girei and Ubandoma Adamawa, an on the spot assessment of the collapsed culvert.
The Chairman of the House Committee described the situation as unfortunate and appealed for immediate action in reconstructing the collapsed culvert for easy transportation of goods and services.
Hon. Alhassan said that the House of Assembly is not happy with the situation, and therefore called on the government to expedite effort in fixing the culvert because according to him Adamawa citizens who live in that part of the world have been cut from the state capital.
The lawmaker stated that the hallowed chamber cannot afford to be granting approvals for the state to obtain resources from donor agencies as counterpart fund without executing quality job for betterment of all.
He specifically commended Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, for sending a delegation to visit the area to ascertain the level of damage caused by the collapsed culvert, saying every responsible government must accord premium attention on security of lives, property and welfare of its citizens.
Hon. Alhassan Hammajoda, assured the delegation that his committee will look into the specification of the project and bill of quantity and take next line of action for the good of all.
In his remarks, the Chairman Transition Committee Girei Local Government Council, Mohammed Njidda, said that his LG is concerned about the plight of the citizens and called on the contractors to execute quality work because according to him, people will be rating them based on their performance.
Mohammed Njidda, lamented that the work done by the construction company company is not encouraging at all, adding that it was a waste of resources and time on project that his people could not enjoy it.
He called the company to go back to its initial arrangement and execute a quality job that will last, saying his LGC on its part, will look for alternative road for its people pending the time the affected culvert will be reconstructed.
Mohammed Njidda however appealed to government to consider awarding the contract to a proper company that has capacity and materials to carry out a quality job.
On his part, the State Coordinator, Rural Access and Mobility Project(RAMP)2, Eng. Zubairu Adamu Vandi, attributed the collapsed of the culvert to natural disaster.
Eng. Adamu Vandi, added that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)'s vehicle had earlier damaged the culvert, saying that the NNPC failed to inform them that they were going to use the road, but only told that one of its vehicle had damaged the culvert.
According to him, the work is still with the construction company as it has not been completed and handed over to them based on the terms of reference, adding that RAMP2 has constructed about 30 hydrolic structures which are of standard.
But while fielding questions from the legislators, the Site Engineer of Karphy Engineering Limited, handling the project, Eng. Chijioke Aniagur, said that their company worked based on what is given to it: based on specified design from the beginning to the completion stage.
Eng. Chijioke, told them that the contract was awarded to their company at a total sum of #17 million, and it had already collected #13million out of the contract sum which is about 75%, insisting that they have complied with agreed specification.
Baring his mind, the District Head of Girei and Ubandoma Adamawa, Dr. Ahmed Mustafa, attributed the collapsed of the culvert to the substandard work work, and appealed for the reconstruction of the culvert so as to address the plight faced by his subjects.
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