THE Minister of Works, Arc Mike Onolememen, has cautioned officials of the Federal Ministry of Works against practices capable of tarnishing the image of the ministry, stating that the ministry can no longer play “Father Christmas” under the new dispensation.
According to a statement signed by the media assistant to the minister, Tony Ikpasaja, after the inspection of some Federal Government roads in the South-south, the minister said the decision to restructure the ministry was as a result of the report by the Architect Bunu-led Presidential Projects Assessment Committee to Federal Government.
Onolememen noted that because of Mr. President’s “strong passion for visible changes in road infrastructural development across the nation, the restructuring became inevitable so as to enhance service delivery and accountability.”
He then advised the Zonal Directors “to regularly inspect projects within their areas while directing the engineers to live in areas where their sites are situated for effective supervision”.
The minister urged the officials of the ministry to always do the right thing instead of colluding with contractors and came down heavily on engineers, saying most of the street light projects by the ministry were becoming embarrassing.
Onolemenmen promised to set up proper design office for road and bridges where engineers and consultants will be constantly trained. He disclosed that Mr. President had approved the recruitment of 562 young engineers and technicians into the ministry of works to boost its capacity.
As part of the new mechanism being put in place to ensure quality jobs, he ordered that all projects must, from now, have laboratories, to determine the quality and standard of materials used by contractors.
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