RCC ‘managed negligently’, says Mutorwa
The minister says machines are left to rot in the field after completion of works and never collected for safekeeping.
The minister of works and transport, John Mutorwa, has met Roads Contractor Company and demanded proper management of the state-owned enterprise.
In a joint meeting with the Roads Authority (RA) and the RCC at Ongwediva on Monday, Mutorwa said the latter is negligently managed and its property, especially construction machines, are found dumped everywhere in the country for no apparent reasons.
According to Mutorwa, the minister of environment and tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, once appealed to him to have abandoned RCC machines removed from the Etosha National Park.
The meeting heard that RCC machines remain abandoned at several sites around the country, despite Mutorwa’s call to the management of the company to ensure that they are collected and brought to one place.
The machines, Mutorwa said, are left to rot in the field after completion of works and never collected for safekeeping.
He wants RCC to be managed ethically and honestly so that innocent workers are not allowed to suffer the consequences of the company’s alleged bankruptcy.
‘Everyone acting’
“Everyone [managers] in the company is acting [in positions] - things cannot be like that and therefore, get things done in an organised way,” Mutorwa urged.
He went on to say RCC was established in 1999 for the purpose of construction and as such, the company was supposed to make money rather than being in debt, as it is alleged that it is technically bankrupt for owing others lots of money and is about to retrench its workers.
“We cannot let innocent workers be retrenched in a country already faced with a high rate of unemployment,” stated Mutorwa.
The minister suggested that the RCC management does things correctly in order to rescue the company from insolvency and retrenchment of workers.
On 30 October this year RA, RCC and the Ministry of Works and Transport concluded and signed a Memorandum of Agreement for Annual Roads Maintenance and Ancillary Works for the period 01 November 2019 to 31 October 2022 with a possible extension of another three years.
This, Mutorwa said, will depend on RCC’s performance on the agreed contracts. - Nampa
In a joint meeting with the Roads Authority (RA) and the RCC at Ongwediva on Monday, Mutorwa said the latter is negligently managed and its property, especially construction machines, are found dumped everywhere in the country for no apparent reasons.
According to Mutorwa, the minister of environment and tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, once appealed to him to have abandoned RCC machines removed from the Etosha National Park.
The meeting heard that RCC machines remain abandoned at several sites around the country, despite Mutorwa’s call to the management of the company to ensure that they are collected and brought to one place.
The machines, Mutorwa said, are left to rot in the field after completion of works and never collected for safekeeping.
He wants RCC to be managed ethically and honestly so that innocent workers are not allowed to suffer the consequences of the company’s alleged bankruptcy.
‘Everyone acting’
“Everyone [managers] in the company is acting [in positions] - things cannot be like that and therefore, get things done in an organised way,” Mutorwa urged.
He went on to say RCC was established in 1999 for the purpose of construction and as such, the company was supposed to make money rather than being in debt, as it is alleged that it is technically bankrupt for owing others lots of money and is about to retrench its workers.
“We cannot let innocent workers be retrenched in a country already faced with a high rate of unemployment,” stated Mutorwa.
The minister suggested that the RCC management does things correctly in order to rescue the company from insolvency and retrenchment of workers.
On 30 October this year RA, RCC and the Ministry of Works and Transport concluded and signed a Memorandum of Agreement for Annual Roads Maintenance and Ancillary Works for the period 01 November 2019 to 31 October 2022 with a possible extension of another three years.
This, Mutorwa said, will depend on RCC’s performance on the agreed contracts. - Nampa
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