Ambrose Ali University NDDC to terminate hostel contract The hostel project would be re-assigned to a more competent contractor.

The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Ibim Semenitari has kicked off the process of terminating the contract for the construction of a 522-bed space prototype hostel at the Ambrose Ali University.

On Wednesday, April 20, Mrs. Semenitari said the hostel project would be re-assigned to a more competent contractor. The NDDC boss said she was dismayed that a contract that was awarded to Unibright ENGRG Limited since 2004 had barely reach 25 per cent completion.

“Contractors like this should not be allowed to go scot free. This is unfathomable. By next week I want to sign the termination letter for this contract so that it can be re-assigned to a contractor who is ready to work to get the job back on track,” Semenitari said.....

She apologised to the university community for the poor performance of the contractor whom she said had gone contrary to the standards of the NDDC.

“These are problems that come up when you are dealing with a lot of things at the same time. The Commission has a lot on its plate with 8,000 plus jobs. It’s always not too easy to be on top of all of it. We apologise where standards are below par but the whole idea of what we are doing is to come back to speed and come back to standards,” she said.

Mrs. Semenitari also said that the NDDC had arranged meetings with some of the contractors that had shown some prospects in delivering on their projects.