I.The contract for the rehabilitation of Agbor – Sakpoba – Ogharefe Road in Delta State was awarded to a contractor on the 6 of October, 2009 at a contract sum of N589,460,256.00
II.The contractor was given an Engineer’s Order, in accordance with clause 41 of the standard conditions of contract to commence work on the 20 of October, 2009 and to complete same on or before 30 of December, 2012.
III.Advance payment of the sum of the N84,208,608.00 of which the sum of N42,104,304.00 was recovered from Interim Payment Certificates (IPC) generated, leaving an outstanding of N42,104,304.00
IV.The sum of N 253,463,564.36 had been certified and paid to the contractor for work done. This amount was considered reasonable to have fully paid back the advance payment.
V.Physical inspection of the project site in February 2020 revealed that the contractor demobilized from the project site since 2017.
VI.In 2017, the Contractor requested for a review of the contract sum on the basis that the original contract sum had become unrealistic but the Ministry could not obtain a Certificate of No Objection, hence the Contractor abandoned the project.
VII.At the time the request for review of contract sum was made, the completion date of 30 of December, 2012 had elapsed
VIII. The Ministry failed to fully execute the terms of the contract agreement for over three years by not terminating the contract.