Wike Promises To Complete N15bn VP’s Residence By May

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, on Tuesday, said he was going to provide the required funds for the completion of the abandoned official residence of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Speaking during the inspection of the long-abandoned project within the Three Arms Zone, the FCT minister asked the contractor to ensure its completion by May next year.

He said President Bola Tinubu had instructed him to complete all abandoned projects in the territory in line with his Renewed Hope Agenda.

The contract was awarded in 2010 at the cost of N7 billion but the project was virtually abandoned throughout the eight-year administration of the immediate past FCT Minister, Mohammed Musa Bello.

However, Wike said although the contractor had said the contract sum has to be increased from N7 billion to N15 billion because of rising cost of materials, his administration is determined to finish the project in record time.

He said; “I have come to see the project and we have told them (the contractor) that we will fund them very well before the end of the month so that they will be able to finish it”.