She said government’s desire in bringing development across the country needs effective cooperation from civil servants and all members of the public.
Dr Samia made the statements yesterday on various occasions when she was inspecting development projects that are executed in Mwanza Region.
During her tour on Wednesday, President Samia inspected the construction of the JP Magufuli Bridge that links Misungwi and Sengerema districts, construction of MV Mwanza ship as well as the five- star hotel being built by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).
“It is crucial for all servants to uphold principles of integrity, while implementing development projects,” she said during her visit to NSSF hotel project and the JP Magufuli Bridge.
Regarding the progress that has been attained in the construction of the JP Magufuli Bridge, Dr Samia commended the outgoing Chief Executive Officer of Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) Eng Rogatus Mativila for proper supervision of the project that has reached 75 per cent of accomplishment.
“Eng Mativila and his team have done a great job, that is why we have seen a need of promoting him to a new role, where he will now be supervising all infrastructures under President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG),” she said.
Speaking, Eng Mativila, said the project was supposed to be at 85 per cent, attributing the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic as the main reason for delay in meeting the timeframe.
“Despite this setback, the contractor — China Civil Engineering Construction Group (CCECG) has been taking a number of efforts including increasing human resources and work day and night for the sake of ensuring the projects are complete on time,” stated Eng Mativila.
According to him, construction of JP Magufuli bridge whose costs is over 700bn/-, kicked-off in February of 2020, with expectations to be complete by February 2024, is set to ease movement of people, goods and services between Mwanza and other nearby regions such as Geita, and Kagera.
President Samia has on Tuesday, appointed Eng Mativila to a position of Deputy Permanent Secretary in charge of infrastructure in the PO-RALG.
On the NSSF investment that has been made on a five-star hotel, Dr Samia called for effective supervision that will guarantee recovery of the fund that has been injected for the project.
“We need to have all contributors getting paid immediately after retiring from their employment, NSSF has a crucial role of ensuring members’ contributions are well preserved through positive investments,” she said.
She also called them to consider investing in hospitality industry in other regions such as Dodoma
The hotel project in Mwanza is composed of among others, 168 rooms, four restaurants and a major conference room with capacity to accommodate 500 participants.
It is also composed of nine small conference rooms with capacity of accommodating 267 participants each, bar and sports services facilities, parking space to accommodate 117 vehicles as well as a helipad.
In another development, President Samia reassured of the government’s commitment to continue improving marine transport, for the sake of improving mobility of people and their goods.
While at the Mwanza South Port, CEO of the Marine Services Company (MSCL), Eric Hamissi, told President Dr Samia that MV Mwanza construction project is at 84 per cent, with the ship expected to be operational this coming September.
Among final activities on progress in the ship, whose construction cost is about 111bn/-, are room partitioning and installation of accommodation facilities, mostly beds and chairs.
“Navigation sets and two major engineers have already been fixed. The contractor will hand over the work to us at the end of this coming August,”
“The cash flow from the government is good as we have already paid the contractor over 88 per cent. The ship’s capacity is 1,200 passengers and 400 tonnes of cargo,” he said.
At the same time, President Dr Samia inspected the MV Umoja cargo ship rehabilitation project, with the CEO telling the president that the work was almost over.
The government has released a total of 19.5bn/- for rehabilitation, and the ship, whose main route is Uganda, is set to be operational next month, according to Mr Hamissi.
MSCL has already received the cargo order for the Uganda trip, affirmed the CEO, adding that: “Indeed, there will be major improvements in marine transport, upon completion of these projects.”
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