Taraba residents decry substandard drainage work on Jalingo streets

 

By Godwin Agia, Jalingo 

The residents of Taraba state have decried what they described as "substandard" drainage work on Jalingo streets by the governor Agbu Kefas administration.

A resident, Mr Henry Musa, who resides in the Angwan-Kassa area of Jalingo, expressed fear that the substandard job being carried out by the contractor may attract flood during the rainy period.

Mr John Yohana of Roadblock and Kefas Kaigama of Investment Quarters, appealed to Governor Agbu Kefas to either revoke or compel the contractor of the project to ensure quality work.

The residents spoke to our correspondent on Friday in Jalingo.

They both alleged that the contractor was using empty, substandard cement blocks with uan nrich mixture, without iron rods.

"The ongoing drainage work on the Jalingo streets is not of a quality to last up to a year. We want Governor Kefas to direct the contractor to ensure quality work.

"The work being done so far may attract flooding in Jalingo during the rainy period. There is every possibility that the work done can not survive the water flow of the state capital.

"The contractor is using substandard cement blocks with an unrich mixture without iron rods. These blocks would be vulnerable, and liable to collapse just within a period of a year during the rainy season". The residents queried"

They described the development as total negligence to the service of humanity, calling on Governor Agbu Kefas to be sensitive to the impending damages the poor drainage work may pose to Jalingo.