FG Tells Julius Berger to fast-track completion of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road

FG Tells Julius Berger to fast-track completion of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road
By NEXTER
The Federal Government has called on construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc to fast-track the completion of the rehabilitation of the 82-kilometre Section II of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano dual carriageway.
A statement by Uchenna Orji, spokesman to the Minister of Works, David Umahi, said the federal government approved over N820 billion for the rehabilitation of the expressway as well as the completion of the Bodo-Bonny road in Opobo, Rivers State.
The statement quoted the works minister as saying that the government could not continually negotiate with the contractor over the same projects during a meeting with Julius Berger’s management.
Umahi said the Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its meeting on September 23, approved the re-scoping and downward review of the contracts.
He said: “We have Section II, which is 82 kilometres by two, which is the section that JBN Plc is working on.
“And so, if you check what FEC approved on September 23, FEC had approved that the total contract sum within the scope of Berger would be N740 billion. This means that if you remove N391 billion paid already, you now have about N340 billion remaining. This is the scope of their work for the 164 kilometres.”
The minister urged the contractor to mobilise for work on the four sections of the Abuja-Zaria-Kaduna-Kano project to finish the job within 14 months.