BY JOSEPH OKON
The recent inspection tour of all NDDC projects embarked by the State House of Assembly Committee on NDDC has revealed that almost all the projects awarded by the commission to contractors in the State have been abandoned. Some of the contractors who have also ran away with the monies paid to them as mobilization went as far as collecting IPCs from the state office without the job being done.
Hon Victor Udofia who led the committee in the tour to the 31 Local Government Areas of the state noted that the committee was visiting the areas to have an on-the-spot assessment of what NDDC has done; adding that it will be commended and corrected where necessary.
The committee chairman expressed disappointment at NDDC’s action and promised to ensure that those involved in the fraud are brought to book.
The local governments visited by the committee were; Etinan, Nsit Ubium, Nsit Ibom, Eket, Esit Eket and Ibeno.
The Council Chairmen who spoke during the visits lamented that the NDDC has defeated it essence of establishment as no project has been completed yet.
They said that the commission which was supposed to enhance rapid development and give people hope is rather adding pains and increased sufferings on citizens as those abandoned projects are now death traps to people.
They however called on the Federal Government to immediately eschew the NDDC to allow the funds gets directly to the states and local government while pleading that the contractors be called back on sites to complete the abandoned projects.
Projects visited were; abandoned Ikot Ebo internal roads, Ikot Isong -Ekpene Obom, Ndoneyo-Nyaodiong road in Etinan. Afia Nsit Urua Nko road, Ikot Ekwere Ndukpoise-Ikot Eyo road, construction of 20km road at Afia Nsit internal road phase l in Nsit Ubium, Ikot Udota road, QIT road junction lnua Eyet Ikot-Okposo road section ll, Water project at beach avenue and construction of Mini-Stadium.
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