Isoko communities petition Okowa, demand revocation of road project

The Isoko communities who are the immediate beneficiaries of the Isoko Ring Road project cutting across Isoko North and South Local Government Areas of Delta State, have cried to the State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to revoke the contract awarded to Dora-Dan Global Resources over alleged shabby job execution.

Specifically, they pleaded with the governor to either order the contractor back to site to execute an acceptable job or revoke and re-award it to a competent contractor due to the slow pace and shoddy job done so far.

In a petition dated April 20, 2023 and signed by the President General of Ofagbe Kingdom, Engr. Cyril Jeke, on behalf of Ellu, Ovrode, Okpe-Isoko, Uro and Ada-Irri communities, the communities alleged that the project awarded for over six billion (N6b) and later reviewed upward to over seven billion (N7b) had suffered so much delay and that the quality of work done by Dora-Dan Global Resources, the contracting firm, was far below expectations.

They lamented that the few areas asphalted by the contractor so far were shabbily done observed that if it rains water would lodged in the center of the road with the tendency that the asphalt will be washed away in no distant time.

The Isoko communities noted that the sand filling was below the desired level in several areas, just as the ongoing construction of the major bridge on the road was abysmal that if nothing is done quickly, the coming fload would cause devastation to Ofaghe, Ovrode and its environs.

The protesting communities said further that; “It is quite disheartening that as we write, the contractor only has one tipper, one grader and one old bulldozer on site even though Government had approved very reasonable variation on the project.”

They averred that “this clearly shows that the contractor is incompetent, ill-prepared and not committed.”

While thanking the state governor for his magnanimity and show of love as a legacy of his identification with the Isoko people with the award of this multi billion naira road project, the people reiterated the appeal to Governor Okowa to bequeath to them a parting gift by “either directing the contractor to fully mobilize to site immediately and execute an acceptable job or have the contract revoked and re-awarded to a more competent and tested contractor.”

Investigations by Ome Africa reporter revealed that DORA-DAN GLOBAL RESOURCES LTD was incorporated in ASABA, Nigeria with Registration Number 1170217. It was registered on 11 Feb 2014 and it’s current status is unknown. Company’s registered office address is PLOT38, ELLAS/MALL OPP ZENITH BANK, OKPANAM ROAD, ASABA, DELTA and effort made to speak with the contracting firm were unsuccessful.