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Execution of Road Projects : Gov’t To Clear Major Obstacles

The imminent payment of indemnities to locals on project sites as well as debts owed enterprises are

Many road construction and rehabilitation projects in the country are at a snail-pace, with most surpassing the required deadline. The situation is worrying as some of those projects are sometimes uncompleted or poorly executed. The hitches are many though similar with different road projects across the country. That the Minister of Public Works, Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi alongside the Secretary of State for Roads, Louis Max Ayina Ohandja recently met with heads of enterprises carrying out road construction or maintenance projects as well as Control Missions to evaluate the execution of 44 important road and motorway projects under construction is prove that the government wants to reverse the trends and give a new impetus to road projects execution.

The problem of non-liberation of project sites by the local population due to non-payment of compensations, payment of contractors as well as access to quarry sites featured prominently in almost all presentations made by project contractors as major impediments. It emerged from the evaluation meeting that the rehabilitation of the Babadjou-Bamenda stretch of road (over 35km) on the National Road No. 6 delayed to commence because the enterprise was still negotiating for the authorisation of a quarry site. Reports from the site indicate that bulldozers have just starting work on the project launched in mid-2017. The 61.43km Maroua-Mora Road, is also partially suffering from the same quarry problem in addition to insecurity and financial hurdles. Since the launching of work in November 2017, only 15 per cent have been executed. The 205 km Mora-Dabanga-Kouserri road rehabilitation project, sponsored by the World Bank and the government of Cameroon to the tune of FCFA 70 billion and being executed by the Military Engineering corps after the Chinese firm abandoned the project due to insecurity in the Far North Region also came under scrutiny during the evaluation meeting.  

The construction of Obala-Nanga Eboko-Bouam and Nding-Mbgaba (40.461km) within the f...

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