Engineer Goodnews Agbi, Special Adviser to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Projects Monitoring and Audit, has visited more ongoing and abandoned projects in some parts of the state as part of the present administration’s determination to execute and complete them for the betterment of Deltans.
Agbi called on contractors handling projects but currently not on site to return to site, saying that the Governor Oborevwori’s administration is determined to ensure that no ongoing projects was left unattended to.
He spoke during the inspection tour of ongoing and abandoned projects at Irri and Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of the State.
Agbi superficially advised the contractors handling Irri Technical College, Irri and the abandoned Oleh Campus Engineering Faculty theatre hall, mechanical workshop and general workshop buildings to go back to site and complete their jobs.
According to him “We can see obviously that the contractor is not on site’ referring to the Irri Technical College. There must be a reason why the contractor is not on site. This laudable project that will benefit our teeming youths must not be allowed to get moribund.
“Whatever the reason why the contractor left the site must be resolved quickly for the sake of our youths who will benefit from this school. This project must not be abandoned the contractor should go back to site and complete his job.
“The Irri Technical College will benefit the community and neighbouring communities when fully completed. Our God given governor, who has brought us to the threshold of rapid infrastructural development, the MORE AGENDA will not be happy to see this project derelict.”
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At the Engineering Faculty in Oleh, he said that, “We have a beautiful lecture theatre that can accommodate about two thousand students. It is about 80% complete, fully roofed remaining theatre seats for our children, but the contractor has not handed over to the university. The contractor come and complete their work and seek for their payment and handover to the school.
The contractors should empathize with our children that use these facilities for learning. This include the the three laboratory/workshop blocks inspected’.
He emphasized that the Delta State University Oleh Campus, Engineering Faculty cannot be producing engineers that don’t have practical knowledge in their area of specialization, the contractor should please come to site and complete his job.
He appealed to the contractors to liaise with the awarding ministry to find a way forward on how the projects can be completed. On the Technical College at Irri, he noted that similar Technical College projects in Effurun, Ubiaruku and Asaba has been completed and students are in school.
On his part the Provost Delta State University, Oleh Campus Prof. Elo Ibagere however appealed to the Delta State Government to help complete the Engineering Faculty theatre hall, mechanical engineering workshop and the general engineering workshop buildings that have been totally abandoned.
Prof. Ibagere stated that the longer they are unattended to the more they dilapidate and more money will be required to complete the abandoned buildings, noting that when they are completed for use they will be able to manage and maintain them.
He also reiterated that, the abandoned buildings project should be completed in the shortest possible time so that the faculty will be a proper Faculty of Engineering that everyone will be reckoned with.
He added that Delta State University, Oleh Campus is the most sort after university in the Niger-Delta region, saying that a lot of people want to come the school to study.
Engr. Agbi was accompanied during the inspection by several officials, the Executive Assistant to the Governor, Mr. Sese Omu, Christian Amori, several SSAs like pastor Ken Atuya amongst others.
