The Edo State House of Assembly Committee on Project Inspection has summoned the contractor handling the 1.6km internal roads project in Oza community, Orhionmwon local government area.

Besides the contractor, the Committee also invited the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOPADEC), being the intervention agency executing the project.

They are to appear on Monday December 15th, 2025.

Sources said Chairman of the Committee, Hon Addeh Isibor, was peeved over the shoddy jobs of the contractor.

It was learnt that Special Adviser to Governor Monday Okpebholo on Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr. Phoebe Williams-Bello, was also disappointed at the poor job.

The Assembly Committee had visited the project site as part of its oversight function on government spending.

Other projects being executed by the state government visited by the Committee included the Ramat Park Flyover, the Adesuwa junction fly-over, the 32 kilometers Benin-Sapele highway, completed Army Day Secondary School, Internal roads in Ogheghe Community, 23 kilometres old Benin-Sapele highway.

Chairman of EDSOGPADEC, Francis Osabuohien, said he would appear before the Committee to clear grey areas. (The Nation)

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