Vice President’s House at Electrical Installation Stage, Says Wike

Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has disclosed that the Vice President’s Lodge undergoing construction at the cost of N15 billion is now at the stage of installation of electrical cable and to be completed in May, this year.

He provided the update over the weekend during an inspection tour of key projects under construction in the nation’s capital. He said the contractors had made the commitment to deliver the project by May, adding a lot of changes would be seen in the next few weeks.

“The contractors have made further commitment that by May, they are going to hand over. Why we may not be seeing enough of what we think should be improvements is because they are concentrating on electrical cables. By the next two, three weeks, you will see a lot of changes. They are known for quality and we are really financing them well,” Wike said.

Explaining further, Wike noted that the rationale behind the series of projects going on simultaneously in the territory was to win back the lost hope of residents in government.

Wike, who described his appointment as the FCT Minister by President Tinubu as a rare privilege, stated that the FCT Highway 105 project, which is the 11km six-lane carriageway, linking the Airport Expressway with Kuje, upon completion, would open up the area and bring a lot of changes to the FCT.

In his remarks the, Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Shehu Hadi Ahmad, while giving insight into the scope of work, said the administration was currently constructing an 11km highway with six lanes out of the 76km Kuje-Gwargwada-Rubochi-Abaji-Nasarawa way.

He described the 11km Kuje road as a major regional road, connecting the city to the area councils and satellite environments.

“This particular road FCT 105 is linking Airport Express way, in fact it starts from Ring Road 4 around Idu Industrial area through the Airport Expressway, passes through Kuje down to Gwargwada to Rubochi highway to Abaji to Nasarawa-Toto.

“In its own it is a 76 km road. But the segment we are in now is about 11 km. From the bridge that we just passed at the intersection up to Kuje is about 9 km, and it’s a six-lane highway.

There are two interchange bridges. One at the tail end and the other one at the Kuje intersection,” Ahmad said.