On 29th June, 2024 the Nigerian Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi while addressing the Senate President of the country, Senator Godswill Akpabio on President Bola Tinubu’s eagerness to flag off Calabar-Akwa Ibom Sections of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway by August, revealed that by end of this coming week, if Julius Berger and CCECC failed to re-mobilize to the Eleme-Onne Section of the East-West Road project in Rivers State to at least 3 Sessions, their jobs would be terminated.
According to Vanguard, the Nigerian Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi said "By the end of this coming week, if Julius Berger fails to re-mobilise to site and CCECC fails to re-mobilise to at least 3 Sessions, their jobs will be terminated. The worse of the roads in the entire South South is that Section on the East-West Road. RCC has collected over N40 billion. 15km of Road, N156 billion inherited from the past administration. We’ve been on them to change their ways. And by the end of next week, the 14 days notice of termination will elapse and we will terminate the contract.”
On the other hand, the Senate President of Nigeria, Senator Godswill Akpabio urged the Nigerian Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi to further prevail on contractors assigned to return to the site to complete the jobs to ease life for the good citizens of the country.