Oshiomhole re-awards collapsed hospital project

Edo state government has re-awarded the five-star Central Hospital Complex in Benin City to Messrs S & A Construction Company with a completion time of nine months.
Governor Adams Oshiomhiole, who announced this during an inspection of projects in the state capital, said the contractors were expected to mobilise to site and start construction within the next two weeks.

The hospital suffered a setback in 2012 when parts of the structure collapsed after it was hit by a construction crane. The incident had also led to the death of an expatriate construction worker on site.
Oshiomhole said: “Just last Wednesday, government decided to direct the new Construction Company handling the project work to go back to site and resume work.
“Again, even before now, the work has been redesigned before it was re-awarded because we know that the project when completed will be another signature of this administration and we are doing everything possible to encourage the new Contractor to meet up with the new dead line.”