Abuja, Aug. 28, 2023: The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says that he will get all contractors back to site under his direct supervision and office of the Minister of State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wike, who stated this at the opening of a meeting with all contractors handling different projects in the FCT, added that Abuja would soon become a construction site as promised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter our inauguration we outlined our short, medium, and long term plans to reposition the capital city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter which we went out to inspect projects that were awarded before us but abandoned for one reason or the other. Now time has come for action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFirst of all, on the metro light train, President Bola Tinubu has given us a matching order that he wants to ride on the metro light train. So, it is a key project that we must achieve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wike added that Tinubu had equally complained about abandoned projects, particularly roads which were part of critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Describing road networks as \u201ckey infrastructure\u201d that makes a city, the minister pointed out that the issue of sanitation, streetlights and shanties were being addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut the roads are very key and so, we are trying to see how we can map out strategies and structure funding so that we do not have problems with completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am determined to get every contractor back to site with direct supervision from my office and the office of the Minister of State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe major problem we are having in this country is the problem of supervision and so we are not going to tolerate anything below standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf there are people you have been working with that have compromised standards, too bad, too bad; not with me. I am not going to accept anything that is below standard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister said that together with the contractors, they would restructure how to fund projects so that all contractors could go back to site and do work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that the ministry would not fund projects depending only on the national budget, adding that projects would also be funded with resources from the Internally Generated Revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to achieve results so I will not award a contract when I do not have money to fund it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are going to fund you and you will tell us the time within which the project will be completed. If we agreed three months, it is three months; If I give six months Is six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe do not want to hear this happened and this did not happen. I do not want to hear any excuses at all,\u201d Wike told the contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He assured the commencement of all abandoned projects in all sections of the FCT, stressing that the measure would create employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted that when contractors were working, they creates more employment but sacked staff when they were not working, thereby creating problems for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Abuja, Aug. 28, 2023: The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says that he will get all contractors back to site under his direct supervision and office of the Minister of State. Wike, who stated this at the opening of a meeting with all contractors handling different projects in the FCT, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[949],"tags":[2019],"class_list":["post-52530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-contractors","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n