‘Corruption responsible for failed engineering projects’

The Chairman, Maitama branch of the Nigeria Society of Engineer (NSE), Engr Isreal Abraham has said that corruption is responsible for failed engineering projects in the country. Engr. Abraham, who stated this in office in a chat with Daily Trust, said once the nation is able to curb corruption it would be great as corrupt […]

The Chairman, Maitama branch of the Nigeria Society of Engineer (NSE), Engr Isreal Abraham has said that corruption is responsible for failed engineering projects in the country.
Engr. Abraham, who stated this in office in a chat with Daily Trust, said once the nation is able to curb corruption it would be great as corrupt free society has good road, water, light good buildings and other engineering works. 
He explained that contractors handling engineering projects  cut corners in their bid to make  more money during contract execution by not following contract specifications which often lead to the  collapse  of projects be it road, buildings or other engineering projects.
According to him, once the specifications on engineering projects which are prepared to meet both the weather and other condition of the area are followed, the project would not either failed nor collapse, adding that because of corruption and some kind of other kickback given out to would be monitoring officers by contractors you see engineering projects collapsing not too long after construction.
“ For instance in road construction, it is already specified that you mixed one cup of sand to one cup of cement, so not meeting that specification by reducing it would lead to the collapse of that road and other engineering project. But our contractors because of corruption and greed to make more money, they refused to follow the specifications and before you know it the road project would failed,” he said.
The chairman further blamed lack of effective supervision of projects by the government supervisors who often collected kick-back from the contractors and overlook their shading deals and corner cutting during project execution, saying that if those saddle with the responsibility of monitoring projects are doing their work things would have change.