THE National Housing Authority said Monday five of its top officials could face suspension even as it issued a show-cause order to 53 contractors with a notice of termination involving 33 projects involving eight contractors in the Visayas and Mindanao.
“The officials who were found remiss on their job will be subjected to suspension pending the formal filing of charges against them,” said NHA general manager Marcelino Escalada Jr.
“They should be made accountable for all the failures during the project implementation that caused misery to the housing beneficiaries.”
Escalada identified 22 housing projects and contracts that were deemed terminated for various violations that contributed to the delays.
‘‘The contractors did not follow the program of work that resulted in the production of substandard housing units,” Escalada said.
“They should be made liable because the project involved people who have been victims of calamities.”
But the suspension pending investigation involving the five NHA officials could not be served as yet because the election ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections was still in effect, Escalada said.
After terminating the project of the contractors, the NHA will determine whether the contractor will be blacklisted and eventually banned from getting contracts not only from the NHA but in all government agencies.
The NHA, according to Escalada, will coordinate with the local government units where the projects are situated and turn over to them the projects, including the downloading of the remaining budget for a particular project