Road Projects: MINTP Cracks Down on Arab Contractors
The slow pace of road infrastructure projects has prompted a firm warning from the contracting authority. During an evaluation meeting held on August 19, 2026, the Minister of Public Works, Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi, demanded that the Egyptian group Arab Contractors urgently redeploy personnel and heavy equipment on four major axes of the national network.
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Financial audits reveal public expenditures amounting to 41.31 billion FCFA, out of a total of 54.36 billion FCFA in payments transmitted to the ministry's financial services. The technical assessment reveals significant imbalances between the consumption of contractual deadlines and the physical progress of operations. On the Lékié Loop section, the physical realization level barely reaches 57.03%, while the consumption of the allotted time climbs to 79.56%.
The delay is even more critical on the construction site of the Northern bypass of Yaoundé, where progress is only 16.20% for a consumption of the regulatory calendar of 81.75%, a situation exacerbated by a complete interruption of services. The inspections also cover the Mbalmayo-Sangmélima axis and the doubling of the northern access to the capital. The project owner prescribes a contradictory reconciliation of financial data, while ordering the priority treatment of black spots on the network to maintain automobile traffic.
The lack of logistical and human mobilization by the contracting company is paralyzing the delivery of strategic artworks. The growing gap between the money already paid by the public treasury and the real progress of the work threatens the territorial development schedule.
The strict reallocation of material resources to areas with difficult access will help to unblock road traffic at the entrances to the capital. The reinforcement of surveillance by control missions will ensure compliance with contractual clauses and the sustainability of public investments.
Nlend Flore
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