The Edo State House of Assembly Committee on Project Inspection has summoned the contractor handling the 1.6km internal roads project in Oza community, Orhionmwon Local Government Area, over alleged poor execution of the work.

Also invited to appear before the lawmakers is the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOPADEC), the intervention agency executing the project.

Naijaonpoint reports that the contractor and EDSOPADEC are expected to appear before the committee on Monday, December 15, 2025.

According to The Nation, sources at the Assembly disclosed that the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Addeh Isibor, was angered by what he described as shoddy work carried out on the project.

It was further learnt that the Special Adviser to Governor Monday Okpebholo on Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Engr. Phoebe Williams-Bello, also expressed disappointment over the quality of work observed at the site.

The summons followed an inspection visit by members of the Assembly Committee to the Oza community road project as part of their oversight responsibility on government spending and project implementation across the state.

During the exercise, the committee reportedly assessed the level and quality of work done on the 1.6km internal roads, which raised concerns among the lawmakers.

The committee also inspected several other ongoing and completed projects being executed by the Edo State Government.

These included the Ramat Park Flyover, the Adesuwa Junction Flyover, the 32-kilometre Benin–Sapele Highway, the completed Army Day Secondary School, internal roads in Ogheghe community, as well as the 23-kilometre old Benin–Sapele Highway.

Reacting to the development, the Chairman of EDSOPADEC, Francis Osabuohien, said he would honour the committee’s invitation.

Osabuohien noted that his appearance before the lawmakers would help “clear grey areas” surrounding the execution of the Oza community road project.

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