{"id":31519,"date":"2022-10-17T09:36:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/new-work-starts-on-n92m-hostel"},"modified":"2022-10-17T09:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:59:34","slug":"new-work-starts-on-n92m-hostel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/new-work-starts-on-n92m-hostel","title":{"rendered":"New work starts on N$92m hostel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>August26 has been appointed to construct the N$92 million state-of-the-art school hostel at Schuckmannsburg Combined School in<\/p>\n

the Kabbe North constituency of the Zambezi region.<\/p>\n

This comes after the previous contractor who was awarded the tender in August<\/p>\n

2016, with the projection of completing the project in December 2019, abandoned the project after being paid about N$13 million.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the site handover, education minister Anna Nghipondoka stated that due to a lack of capacity and many other factors, the project suffered unnecessary delays and legal battles, at the expense and disadvantage of innocent Namibian children.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough disheartening, it is also worth mentioning that these delays over the years have caused the project\u2019s value to escalate by close to N$25 million. This is a total waste of government resources, which are already scarce and hard to come by,\u201d she stated Nghipondoka was also fuming while expressing her disappointment regarding local companies who take government for an expensive ride.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is totally unacceptable, unethical and unpatriotic. We do not want these briefcase businesses, people who only come to take money and after a small job, they vanish,\u201d emphasised the minister.<\/p>\n

However, she was in a joyous mood that the project, which will greatly benefit residents from the flood-prone areas in the Kabbe constituency, has finally taken off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am confident that the school will make the most of this opportunity, and continue to grow from strength to strength. Our journey is simply beginning, but it is entirely appropriate for us all to celebrate how far we have come, despite the undesired hiccups and inconveniences,\u201d observed Nghipondoka.<\/p>\n

The project is expected to be completed in two years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

However, the contactor vowed to work tirelessly and finish it within 12 months.<\/p>\n

Once completed, the hostel will consist of four dormitories equipped with ablution facilities for both girls and boys, a kitchen, a dining hall, two laundries, a supervisor\u2019s house and a multi-purpose hall.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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