The Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of N26.1 billion for the completion of five road projects within Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello revealed this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the weekly meeting of the council, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said three of the roads are within the centre of Nigeria’s capital city while two are in the satellite towns of Bwari and Gwagwalada.
“The Ministry of the FCT presented five memos at today’s meeting and all have to do with infrastructure; three within the FCT itself while two in the Area Councils. Within the city a contract was approved for the provision of an access road to the institutions and research district in Abuja, where we have the Nigerian War College, the Legislative and Judiciary institute among other public and private organisations. at a contract sum of N3.4 billion.
“The second contract approved was for the construction of an access road and car park for the rail station located at Kagini, a community just by the Kubwa expressway and that access road is to link the community to the expressway so that commuters can use facilities of the station and the Abuja light rail into the city and that contract was approved for the sum of N1.8 billion with a completion period of 12 months.
“The third approval was for augmentation of N16 billion for the existing contract of the Southern parkway currently ongoing. The road stretches from the National Christian Centre through the NTA, FCDA facility, crossing Mohammadu Buhari way in Garki and bursting out at the ring road in Kaura District, with a duration of 24 months.”
The Minister further explained that two Area Councils under the FCT, namely Bwari and Gwagwalada also had two roads approved for them.
He said when completed, the roads would open up the two areas for more development.
“A contract was approved for the rehabilitation of the road passing through the Nigerian Law School in Bwari to Kuchiko and eventually Aja communities. That road is a very important community road, which will open up that area that has educational institutions as well as farming communities. That contract was awarded at the sum of N1.4 billion with a duration of 18 months.
“The other contract was for the construction of a feeder road in Gwagwalada satellite town, starting from the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital road right through to Kasche resettlement. It is a road that is about 15 kilometres including a bridge of 50 metres and the value of the contract is N3.5 billion, with a completion period of 16 months,” he said.
The Minister also announced that the Apo-Karshi road would soon be completed, in order to provide an alternative for commuters coming into the FCT as well as reduce gridlock always experienced on the Abuja-Keffi highway, leading to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja.
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