By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Ecological Fund Committee of the House of Representatives has informed plans to suspend the commissioning of the erosion and flood control project at Kuchiako 1 District, New Hope Avenue, Kuje, Abuja.
The committee made the decision on Monday in Abuja when it queried the Ecological Fund Office over the lack of documents of the project carried out by the EFO.
The Committee, led by Rep Ibrahim Isiaka, directed the Ecological Fund Office (EFO) to produce the contractor handling the project and also demanded that all the details concerning the project must be made available before Thursday.
Isiaka stated that the contractor was not on ground and no information about the project was made available to them.
He said they were not on a jamboree and directed that the commissioning of the project must be put on hold.
Isiaka said as quoted by the Vanguard, “The committee members are feeling that the contractor treated them with disdain. We are just from Karshi and here we are here in Kuje in the spirit patriotism and nationalism and call to duty by the National Assembly and in line with the provision of the constitution of what we should do. We are now doing it and you see the frustration. It is so sad to come and meet nobody.
“The only thing we are told is that they want to commission the work. We have seen nothing to commission here and we are going to pass this to the EFO. The contractor is not responsible to us though. But the EFO is responsible to us and answer questions from us because we directly oversight them. They will in turn inform the contractor. We have nothing to commission here as far as the committee is concerned and until we resolve such, I am afraid there is nothing to commission.
“If the contractor is recalcitrant, then we move to the next to stage and suspend the contractor from taking any job on any of the projects in the EFO. It is going to be a resolution. We would present it on the floor of the House. We are not threatening anybody but the right thing must be done.”
