WestAfricaENRG has denied any material breach of its waste management contract with the Oyo State Government stating that the termination of its contract not only comes as a rude shock but represents a breach of the procedure for the contract’s termination.
In a statement released to the press at the weekend, Mr Paul O’Callaghan, CEO of WestAfricaENRG, said the company is constrained to defend its integrity by responding to the announcement of the Honourable Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources terminating the contract with Oyo State Government due to material breach.
“We categorically deny any material breach of our contract and this is the first we have heard of any such matter. WestAfricaENRG is an international company working in waste management and recycling in countries throughout the ECOWAS region including many States across Nigeria, of all political persuasions,” he said.
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The CEO further stated that WestAfricaENRG is among the largest private investors in the waste management sector across Nigeria and a major job creator in Oyo State.
He stressed that the company was correctly subjected to the contracts review committee during which no fault was found. Subsequently, the company was invited to several meetings of the ad-hoc committee on waste management to give situation reports, perspectives and solutions to the menace of refuse collection and waste management in the state.
O’Callaghan revealed that the report of the ad-hoc committee presented and accepted by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on October 16, 2019, stated categorically that WestAfricaENRG had performed creditably well, found government to have failed in its enforcement efforts in all local governments on waste and street trading amongst other matters and advised government against the politicisation of waste management, citing this as a key factor in the menace of solid waste in Ibadan specifically.
He said: “In fact, the only mention of WestAfricaENRG in the report stated that we have made tremendous achievements in regards to cleaning the city from the immediate post-election challenges. We are therefore at a loss as to when our company did not live up to expectations. Any PPP contract is a partnership and, in this case, it is the Government of Oyo State which is in significant material breach of the contract through the inaction of the Ministry of Environment. This move can only be described as political and one which we believe will not serve the people of Oyo State well.”
The WestAfricaENRG CEO advised the Oyo State Government to review its action as the company would be left with no choice but to execute the options before it in the contract in the case of unlawful disengagement. He expressed hope that all parties would remain professional and not air any dispute through social media.
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