The Rivers State Government has warned Bua group, saying the government will no longer tolerate damages on its roads.
The state commissioner for works decried the indiscriminate parking of trucks owned by BUA Group along Azukiwe Road in Port Harcourt the state capital noting that they are unperturbed by the continuous damages being done to the roads.
Commissioner and his counterpart in the Ministry of Transport, Dr. Jacobson Nbina who visited the area expressed the condemnation when they conducted newsmen to sections of roads where the trucks were parked indiscriminately.
The commissioners expressed their concerns on how the trucks are damaging sections of the roads which included the Azikiwe Road where the BUA Sugar Refinery is located, the Igwuruta and Igwurutali communities in Ikwerre Local Government Area where they have another operational base and Diesel yard with the grave damage done to the entire shoulders of the roads including the lanes.
Dr. Alabo said the State government spends billions of naira yearly to provide critical road infrastructure, but Bua Group, a company that does not add value to the state in terms of providing Corporate Social Responsibility will damage existing roads.
The works commissioner pointed out that the trucks parked took over the road, occupying about 3KM length of the road and do so in disregard to extant laws that prohibits such acts.
According to the commissioner: "It is public knowledge that Rivers State government spends billions of naira every year, labour very hard to provide critical infrastructure to our people".
"This BUA Group has been so reckless, the drivers of BUA Group have been so irresponsible that they have converted our major roads as parks."
He noted that the Igwuruta road is one major route leading to the International Airport and other states, lamenting that further damages being witnessed will create unwholesome hardship for the people.
Also, the commissioner for Transportation, said: "In February 2023, BUA Group was invited for a meeting with the Secretary to the State government, the Ministries of Transport and Urban Development where commitment was extracted that Bua will cease using public roads as parks but had reneged on it."
"It is shocking to see the mindless damages being done to the roads by the company with their trucks, the government will no longer tolerate such.
Meanwhile, Bua Group is yet to respond to the State Government's complaint.
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