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Southeastposts can authoritatively confirm that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has issued a 14-day termination notice to CCECC Nigeria Limited over poor construction methodology and substandard performance on the Aba-bound section of the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway.
A statement sighted by our correspondent which was issued by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister of Works, Orji Orji, revealed that the Minister reprimanded the poor construction methodology deployed by China Civil Engineering Construction Company Limited on the rehabilitation works on the Aba-bound of the Rehabilitation of Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, contract No. 6252.
According to the statement, speaking during an inspection visit, the minister decried the state of the 43 km inherited ongoing project handled by CCECC, which he said was on the verge of total collapse.
Umahi directed that the Port Harcourt bound of the project be descoped and rewarded to a competent contractor, reiterating that putting a binder on for a stretch of the project without putting it on is unacceptable.
The minister, who was on a routine supervision of ongoing road projects within the South-South and South-East on Sunday, October 19, 2025, expressed displeasure over the recalcitrance of the contractor in complying with the new construction codes and regulations which are aimed at building enduring road infrastructure for the nation.
He said, “If you get to the Port Harcourt end, which they did about two years or thereabouts, the entire road has almost totally failed. We have been writing them to maintain this road. They have refused, and so I have to take responsibility and make a decision. Number one, the Port Harcourt bound is descoped and no longer going to be done by CCECC.I will direct the Ministry of Works to scout out for very qualified indigenous contractors to handle the Port Harcourt bound. They should be the contractor that will start work immediately while we sort out funds for them. Number two, for the site handled by CCECC, they should issue them 14 days’ notice of termination of the job. And I want this directive to go very wide.
“After 14 days, if they fail to mill out the binder and replace it properly, the job will be terminated; they have to initiate it; they have to commit to doing that. Even if they are going to do it during the dry season, they have to maintain the ones that they have done, and they put in writing that they’re going to mill out the binder at their own cost and then be able to put in a new binder, which we have paid for.”
In another development, the minister lauded the quality of work on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway, Section II – Umuahia Tower-Aba Rail/Road crossing in Abia State, Contract No. 6209, handled by M/S Arab Contractors O. A. O. Nigeria Limited.
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