Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo

President Emmerson Mnangagwa and members of his government were not happy with the fact that Geiger International, the company that had won the Harare- Beitbridge Road Dualisation Tender flatly refused to be manipulated by ruling party mandarins.

Two weeks ago Masvingo State Minister Josaya Dunira Hungwe told reporters in the ancient city the ruling party would oversee the recruitment of workers in the road dualisation project.

A Geiger International official yesterday revealed there was a standoff between the company and the government pertaining to the administration of funds.

“We refused to be cowed into submission and as a result senior government officials became furious,” said the official.

Mnangagwa announced that his government was unhappy with Geiger International’ s dithering in the project.

Mnangagwa ditched the Austrian company following what he described as mega deals he clinched in China.