Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has given Setraco Nigeria Ltd., the contractor executing the construction of a 7.2-kilometre road in Bwari Area Council a five-month ultimatum to complete the project.
The road links the Gaba and Tokulo communities in the council.
Wike, who gave the delivery timeline when he inspected the project on Friday, said the FCT Administration had so far paid the contractor 70 per cent of the contract sum.
“The ultimatum we have given to the contractor is that before or latest by December, this road must be completed.
“Funding of this road is not a problem. We have funded not less than 70 per cent of the contract sum, so funding is not a problem,” he said.
The minister, who expressed confidence in the capacity of the contractor to meet the deadline, commended the quality of the job so far.
He said: “From what the coordinator said, they have been able to at least, achieve more than 40 per cent and that is why I said funding is not a problem.
“The contractor has just said that they are going to deliver, and I believe them because they are one of the biggest contractors in the country.”
Wike said the development was contrary to the erroneous assumptions that development projects in the FCT were being concentrated in the city centre,
“So many people have thought that we are concentrating our development project in the city. Yesterday, we were in Saburi to inspect a project, today, we are in Bwari and tomorrow, we will be in Kuje.
“People should understand that in addition to what we are doing in the city, we are also carrying out development projects in satellite towns and rural areas”, he said