have appealed to Governor, Rochas Okorocha to pay their money, saying
that it is inhuman for the government not to honour its contractual
agreement three years after executing the road contracts.
The contractors,under the aegis of "Genuine unpaid Imo road
contractors" said that they have met all necessary requirement
including the inspection and certification of their job by inspection
teams of engineers and contract administrators of the state
government.
In statement signed by the representatives of the group, Engr
Abdulkadir Ogirima, Jonathan Onyeukwu, Goddy Oparaku, Sir Anthony
Nwafor and Eze Goddy Paul and a copy made available to Daily Sun
disclosed that payment certificates on the executed road contracts
were processed and forwarded in memoranda by the relevant ministry and
committees to the office of the Governor after necessary inspection.
Statement which read: " after signing the contract, the contractors
were prevailed by the state government to move equipment, labour and
material to site and commence work on the road contracts without
payment of mobilization fees.
The excuse of the state government was that some contractors in the
past had absconded with mobilization fees paid to their companies
without execution of the contracts."
They said that they also have individually worked to the agreed
percentages of work and milestone to deserve payment in accordance to
terms and parties obligations in the contract.
It is disheartening and indeed highly frustrating that the good
gesture of the contractors is not reciprocated but rather the payment
obligation by the government within the contract is not fulfilled for
over two years till date."
They disclosed that having having taken loans running to millions with
high interest rates from commercial banks to execute the road
construction, their properties have been confiscated by the banks
leading to death and hospitalisation of some of their members.
"The non-payment of the contractors considering the high interests
payable on the loans, has caused frustration, litigation from banks
leading to loss of company properties as collateral to financial
institutions, suffering of various degrees of trauma, outright death
of some directors while some members who developed hypertension are
still in hospital."
-TheSunNews
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