Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Barr Nyesom Wike, on Monday flagged off a five-Kilometre dual carriageway in Kuje Area Council under the FCT Satellite Town Development Agency of the FCT Administration.
The Minster also warned the company handling the construction of the five kilometers road to work within the specified time, noting strongly that his administration will not entertain any excuse for failure to deliver on the set time to handover the projects.
Wike, maintained that his administration was not only concentrating on roads constructions noted that in two weeks’ time, FCT Administration under his watch would flag off total rehabilitation of over forty classrooms of schools in FCT as well has hospitals and completion of most of abandoned projects that littered the federal capital city.
He however called for the cooperation of the grass-root in rooting out insecurity, underdevelopment, unemployment, poverty, hunger and other challenges, facing the residents of the federal capital, with appreciation to President Tinubu’s support to change the face of FCT
Wike maintained that as soon as Mr. President returns to the country his administration will send its statutory budget for the National Assembly approval.
The minister also thanked the National Assembly for the support received so far from the federal legislators through their committees on FCT matters.
However, Wike warned Arab contractors handling the Kuje-Airport road junction to take the construction work seriously or face revocation.
Earlier, the Minister of state for FCT, Mariya Mahmoud in her message at the flag off noted that the road construction which is aimed at enhancing productivity, generating employment will also help to build local community inclusiveness to unlock the grass root potentials.
Mahmoud noted that the road project is a testament of Tinubu’s administrations towards improving rural infrastructures at satellite towns, area councils which she said is not limited to area councils alone but the entire country.
On the ongoing rural road projects embarked by the FCT Administration, a developer/consultant, Chief Patrick Akinboye Ojo, who spoke at the sideline of the event, said that the project would impact tremendously on the people of Kuje
He said: “The people of Kuje have long awaited this project and we are impressed and happy that the minister, out of his busy schedule is able to come here, because we know everywhere he goes and makes a promise and intentions known, it will definitely come to pass and for that reason we are waiting in anticipation to hear from the working minister. We have seen what he has done in other places, especially within the FCT city centre where a lot of projects have been going on. So it is now our turn in Kuje.”
“The project will impact tremendously on the people of Kuje. From here to Gwagwalada should be less than seven minutes drive but the traffic congestion in this area makes it way longer than that. So the project, when completed will decongest this road and will by effect also allow free flow of traffic along the Airport Road. So you see, it’s beyond this area alone it’s going to affect every part of the FCT south. The contractors know the personality they are dealing with so they will perform because they will be paid”, he added.
