Govt To Investigate Abandoned Projects In Anambra Schools

The governor Willie Obiano led administration during its first tenure had promised to ensure that schools across the state were fenced in order to guarantee safety and security of both students and teachers.

To commit words with action, contracts were awarded through the SEPEP with finance from the World Bank.

However according to the Committee Chairman, Mr Leonard Ejiofor, some of the contractors have not meet up with the government aspirations as there was nothing on ground to justify the amount of funds released to them.

Mr Ejiofor who is also the Deputy Minority Leader , expressed dissatisfaction with level of work done at Community Secondary school Nnobi and government Secondary school Utuh .
He also frowned at the abandonment of about three hostel blocks for which government had released funds to the contractors.

The committee however commended level of work at Girls High School Alor in Idemili North local government area with less than 20% release.

In an interview, a teacher at Government Technical College, Nkpor, Mr Ifenanyichukwu Afulukwe said the school had complained officially to the state Ministry of Basic Education that the contractor abandoned both the fencing and hostel contract despite collecting huge amount from the government.

The Principal of Government Technical College , Utuh, Mr Adolphos Okolie also regretted the level of work done in the school and called on government to come to their rescue.

Another teacher at Nigeria Science and Technical College , Nnewi, Mrs Eunice Nwachukwu noted that the inability of the contractor to complete the hostel block had adversely affected teaching and learning in the school.

The Committee also expressed concern that despite receiving an official letter about the oversight duty, non of the contractors showed up at the various project sites visited.

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