Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company, the contractors handling the dualising of Akure to Ikere -Ekiti road, has assured the Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of commencing work this September.
NAN reports that the 26km road project awarded in July 2020 for N22.7bn was one of the constituency projects being tracked by the ICPC in Ondo state, under the third phase of its Constituency and Executive project tracking, led by Mr David Oluwole.
Dr Augustine Etafo, the company’s site agent gave the assurance to the ICPC project tracking team in Akure on Wednesday.
Etafo, who explained that the project was delayed because the mobilisation by the Federal Government was not really forthcoming, also said that the rainy season and interference by the communities also hindered the start of work.
“We have commenced skeletal work and preliminary work. Palliative work has also started, hopefully, full work will commence this September,” he said.
The ICPC is tracking no fewer than 1,024 constituency and executive projects in 18 states out of which 52 of the projects are located in Ondo State.
The tracking was to ensure value for money in the execution of the projects across all the constituencies.