By Eunice Orike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has expressed gratitude to the communities for their cooperation and support in ensuring the smooth execution of ongoing projects in the territory.
The minister who made this known recently during an inspection tour of ongoing projects in the FCT,said that the communities cooperation has been instrumental in preventing work stoppages, and their support is crucial to the successful completion of the projects.
The minister also expressed satisfaction with the progress of road construction projects in the territory, commending the contractors, particularly Julius Berger and CGC, for their speedy work.
He noted that the projects are expected to be completed by May this year.
“Like you saw with your eyes like let me start by saying I’m quite impressed with the speed of work by the various contractors particularly those who are carrying out road construction Julius berger and CGC as we saw
I’m quite impressive I believe that we are going to meet up like he promised by the grace of God by may this year and look at the judges quarters the FCT the court of appeal is really amazing”, he said.
Regarding compensation for affected communities, Wike said that the settlement department has made significant progress with compensation paid for areas such as Wassa and Gishiri and funds have also been made available for other areas.
On another development concerning the issue of waste management in the federal capital territory, the minister acknowledged that Abuja city is relatively clean,but the the satellite towns require attention.
“Abuja is quite clean I only talked about the statelite towns that I’m not impressed with the contractors as I speak to you now I think we are almost done with the selection of the contractors that would be carrying out the waste management I believe in the next one week would have been done with that”, he said.
He assured that the selection of competent contractors for waste management in these areas is almost complete and will be finalised within the next week.
