The Jigawa State governor, Malam Umar Namadi, has summoned the state Commissioner for Works, the Due Process office, and the contractor handling the Shuwarin–Wurma–Abaya–Chamo–Isari road project.

The directive came after the governor made an unscheduled inspection of the project site on his way to Chamo town for the UNICEF handover of climate-resilient infrastructure to the Jigawa State Government on Monday.

The road project, awarded three years ago, remains incomplete despite the state government’s efforts to settle all contractors managing 26 inherited road projects across Jigawa.

According to him: “We will not accept this; this is unacceptable. Despite the state government’s release of billions of naira in variations due to rising material costs, the road remains unfinished with visible defects and poorly managed culverts.

“State Government is not owing the contractor a single kobo and, to my surprise, the road is yet to be completed. Tell the contractor handling the road project, the commissioner and due process to immediately report to my office,” the governor added, visibly angered.

He warned that his administration will not tolerate negligence or substandard work from any contractor handling state projects.

The Jigawa State government, during Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar’s administration in 2023, approved the 28.9km Shuwarin–Wurma–Chamo–Abaya–Isari road at a cost of over N6.6 billion.

The road, inherited by Governor Umar Namadi’s administration, has since been balanced with the contractor handling the project.

Jigawa government summons commissioner, contractor over stalled road project