The Minister of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mr. Nyesom Wike has warned officials of the Administration against sabotaging rural road projects within the nation’s capital, Abuja.
The minister gave the warning at the flag off of 7 .2km Gaba-Tokulo -Kaima road in Bwari Area council on Friday.
Wike reassured the residents that all abandoned Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) projects as identified by the chairman of the council will be restarted.
Read Also: Kidnapping: Wike directs Councils Chairmen to strengthen vigilance teams
He said his administration will not tolerate delay of files by officials due to civil servant bureaucracy.
The minister further explained that he would not be involved in awarding of contracts without money, which he described as the greatest fraud.
“I’m not going to be involved in award of any contract when we don’t have money, and that is why as I came on board I try to discourage directors to stop this idea of putting project when there is no money, it doesn’t make sense,” he stated.
He called on the traditional rulers and other residents to cooperate with the contractor to execute the project.
“The greatest 419 you do to community people is flagging off a project and the next one month you don’t see any contractor again.
“We will not be involved in that, if I start a project it must be completed, I am not going to do a project that will last more than one year, I won’t be a party to that.
“A project that will cause you six billion naira then you go and put in the budget three hundred million naira, are you willing to complete that project then? Certainly not. So, we are going to change the narrative, we are going to change the way people use to do things before. We are going to do something that will have direct impact on the people.
“Tinubu asks me to tell Bwari Area Council people that all what they requested should be given to them, therefore all your requests on the abandoned projects which was initially to be carried out by FCDA I can assure you that by the directive of the president, go home and sleep with your two eyes closed, those projects must be restarted.
“Part of insecurity is as a result of lack of basic infrastructure, people don’t have access to road make things difficult for even security agencies to carry out their jobs very well, each day you hear that there is crisis in the neighbouring communities, how can the police and other security agencies go there when there is no good road?”
On his part, the Chairman Bwari of Area council, John Gabaya said Gaba-Tokulo -Kaima road project was initiated during the administration of former head of state, Ibrahim Babangida among many other abandoned projects in the area.
Earlier, Esu Bwari, Ibrahim Yaro commended the minister for identifying with the people and pledged to provide the necessary support for the project to be executed.
Comments are closed.