{"id":57319,"date":"2021-07-12T10:31:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T09:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=57319"},"modified":"2021-07-12T13:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:32:47","slug":"fg-cancels-port-harcourt-maiduguri-railway-contract-gives-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/12\/fg-cancels-port-harcourt-maiduguri-railway-contract-gives-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"FG cancels Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railway contract, gives reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The contract for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail tracks has been cancelled and set to be re-awarded.<\/p>\n<p>The minister of transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has insisted that local contractors must develop their capacity before they can be awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/02\/fg-to-flag-off-kaduna-kano-railway-project-in-two-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rail<\/a> contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, while explaining why the contracts was cancelled and ordered to be re-awarded, said the quest for local contractors to be used is not feasible, as most of them do not have the prerequisites capacity for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the weekend Amaechi said: \u201cIt is good for us to buy and equip ourselves with made in Nigeria goods, by so doing, it will support Nigerian producers, that\u2019s the only way our economy will become productive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am among those who will want to support Nigerian engineers and contractors, we have tried it in the consulting engineers\u2019 sector, we asked for five years experience and they take photographs of other people\u2019s work and attached it, so they are not qualified,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also said going by the requirements of companies that have acquired experience in consultancy over the past five years, \u201cOnly TEAM will qualify because the Lagos-Ibadan rail project was supervised by them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also supervised the Abuja-Kaduna rail project and the Warri-Itakpe rail project TEAM also supervised, so they are the only company that must have done five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr you want me to bring in a Nigerian company when the train derails and 50 people die, you start calling Amaechi?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister further explained that \u201cfor me, I will love to get in Nigerians but they must be qualified, they must meet the requirements as approved by the Directorate of Railways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The contract for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail tracks has been cancelled and set to be re-awarded. 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