By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
The federal government has terminated the dualisation 
contract of suleja-minna road project.
Minister of Works, David Umahi stated this yesterday, saying the government will no longer continue with the contract handled by Messers Salini Nigeria Ltd.
Umahi said Mr. President was concerned by the deplorable state of the road and directed that urgent action should be taken to fix the road to restore the confidence of the road users.
A statement signed and issued by Special Adviser (Media) to the Honourable Minister of Works, Hon Barr Orji Uchenna Orji, said
the minister stated this during an inspection visit to Section I of Abuja-Kaduna- Zaria-Kano, Unahi maintained that the contractor, Messrs. Salini Nigeria Ltd was responsible for the failure in the delivery of the project.
He added that the termination of the job was due to non-performance.
On the progress and quality of work done on the reawarded sections of Abuja -Kaduna -Zaria -Kano road project handled by Infiouest international Ltd, the Minister expressed delight on the progress and quality of work being done by the contractor, Infiouest International Limited.
He said this is a development that has vindicated the Federal Ministry of Works’ decision to severe the contract with Julius Berger Nigeria Ltd due to cost differentials.
He praised the commitment of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and vision bearer of the Renewed Hope Agenda,His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in ensuring speedy and quality delivery of the project.
“Let me say that I am very grateful to Mr. President for the support in the reconstruction of this project.
“When we terminated this project because of the cost differences between the Ministry of Works and Julius Berger, it became a very big challenging task for me. But without the support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it would have been very difficult to redeem my integrity. Today, I can say that my integrity and that of the Ministry of Works have been redeemed by the quality of work that Infiouest is doing”, he said .
