Delta State government, has suspended two engineers in the state’s Ministry of Works over their alleged involvement in substandard project executions.
The suspension, follows a series of inspections that uncovered poorly executed infrastructure projects across various parts of the state, raising concerns about accountability and project supervision within the ministry.
This was announced on Monday, February 3, 2025, during a press briefing by the Commissioner for Works (Rural and Riverine) and Public Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, in Asaba, the state capital.
Mr. Aniagwu, expressing strong disappointment over the substandard work uncovered during the inspections, stressed the governor’s administration’s zero-tolerance stance on negligence and corruption.
He stated that the suspension is part of ongoing efforts to ensure strict adherence to quality standards in public projects, reaffirming his commitment to transparency, accountability, and the delivery of sustainable infrastructure for Deltans.
Hear him: “As I speak to you two of them are on suspension as of last week. In short, is just that the governor is being magnanimous.
“The intention abinisio is to sack them, a committee has been set up that is investigating them in line with the civil service rules and I can bet you that certain actions will be taken because the committee they have been able to answer the query given to them.
“They have admitted to the things that were accused of and we are using them to show minor example but after that, anybody who think because we tempered mercy with justice and want to progress along that line the full weight of what the civil service rules provides will be used on such a person.
“So we are already showing examples with individuals. As I speak those two engineers are on suspension and so that tells you that we are serious when we say value for money we are not joking.
“Any engineer, any civil servant that connives with a contractor or that inadvertently makes us to lose money thereby vitiating our results to get value for money, that person will go in for it and we mean it rrespective of how highly placed, the governor, is very clear about it”, he added.
The Commissioner was flanked by the Chief Press Secretary (,CPS), to the Governor, Olorogun Sir Festus Ahon and the Executive Assistant to the governor, Comrade Felix Ofou.
