Governor Ifeanyi Okowa led government of Delta state, has accused civil servants of bribery to compromise standards of project execution in the state.
Speaking at the conference hall of the Ministry of Information, during an ongoing 2018 ministerial press briefing in Asaba, Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Joseph Ogeh while expressing worries over the development said, some staff of his ministry were conniving with dubious contractors to give a clean bill of health to sub-standard projects, adding that the compromise of professional standards in project execution across the state has been a major challenge to the government.
Mr. Ogeh, while noting that some staff who were caught in connivance with contractors in compromising standards in project execution were sanctioned by demotion, resignation as well as forfeiture of promotion to the next grade.
The Housing Commissioner however warned that henceforth any civil servant caught in the act of conniving with contractors to compromise standards in projects execution shall be severely dealt with accordingly.
The commissioner disclosed that his ministry was involved in the construction of the newly completed Head of Service office complex in Asaba at the cost of N477,169,721.05, and renovation of government offices and government residential quarters among other people oriented projects in providing affordable houses civil servants and Deltans in general.
According to the commissioner, contract for 154 three and four bedroom apartments at Okerenkoko at the sum of N2, 905, 385, 852. 23 have been awarded to Disek Integrated Global Limited, and assured the people of the commitment of governor Ifeanyi Okowa led administration in delivering dividends of democracy to as part of his electioneering campaign promises to Deltans.
On the controversial sale of the state owned Guinea House property in Lagos to Mr. Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, the housing commissioner stated that the sale was done in accordance with established due process by the immediate past administration, adding that however, the sale was not supposed to be an issue “Because it is a property of the state. It was sold by the last administration, we only came to meet the documents. Based on the documents, the sale followed due process,” Ogeh stated.
It would be recalled that the housing commissioner, Mr. Joseph Ogeh, had two weeks ago disclosed that some civil servants who connived with the former speaker, Delta state House of Assembly, Mr. Peter Onwusanya, to compromised standards in the N150 million contract awarded him were demoted from level 13 to 12 and 11 as the case may be while others were denied promotion for two years.
