The Ecology Project Office (EPO) has expressed dissatisfaction over the delayed dredging and channelisation of the Tejuosho/Canal railway projects in Lagos State.
Speaking during a site inspection of project interventions on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary of the EPO, Malam Shehu Musa condemned the delayed progress of the project.
In his words, “This is the essence of the physical on-the-site inspection to be engaged by the ecological project office.
“As you can observe, the progress of this project is slow; we have already summoned the contractor to the office to explain to us the reason for this delay.
“The quality of the work is poor and as you can observe, looking at the situation alone everything is unkempt nothing is even going on here.
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“When the contractor comes to the office, we will sit down with him and have a proper discussion on the way forward to keep this project going.
“This delay has definitely slowed down our intervention efforts to prevent flooding across the country because this project should have been completed by now.
“This project should have been done even before the rain starts, we are already in February and maybe before March the rains will begin and further slow down the project.”
He noted that appropriate sanctions would be meted out on the contractors for the delay in the execution of the project.
Story was adapted from Enviro News
