Barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan expressed dissatisfaction with the way Bi-Courtney was handling the execution of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the federal government Monday evening revoked the N10. billion contract earlier granted to the consortium
Arch. Mike Onolememen, the minister of works in a four paragraph statement read to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa Monday evening said the termination is as a result of 'serial breaching' by the firm.
Sunday night, President Jonathan had told a panel of journalists during a media chat that the apex government would soon take a definite decision on the concessionary agreement with the firm, suggesting that there were signs that the concessionaire was not capable of handling the project, noting that the road being the busiest in the country, he could not continue to allow Nigerians to suffer.
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FG revokes Lagos- Ibadan Road Contract to Bi. Courtney – Nice Decision Taken Years Too Late. The news of the revocation of Lagos Ibadan Road Contract to Bi-Courtney must be seen and accepted a nice decision taken years too late. Considering the immeasurable value in term of money and human benefitting resources of lives and property lost for years on that road, the pertinent questions to be asked from the Federal government are (i) Why did it take that long for commonsense to instruct the revocation of the contract to Bi-Courtney (ii) What socio- political non nationalistic and public interest serving considerations influenced the contract to Bi-Courtney (iii) Who will compensate for hundreds of lives and billions of Naira worth property lost on that devil bedridden of a road? The need for a possible urgent public probe of the dastardly corruption laden failed contract becomes a necessity if Satan must not be allowed benefitting from its evil deeds. Nigeria must not be allowed again tied to the apron string of socio-political connections if we should start getting things rightly done ensuring probity and developmental progress.
Dr. Olapade Agoro (Aladura Patrirach) Owa’Tapa of Itapa Ijesa National Chairman/ former Presidential Candidate National Action Council (NAC)