The federal government has directed the contractor handling Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano to fast-rack the delivery of the two sections of the road project particularly by increasing the number of work zones between Jere and kaduna in Kaduna State and ensuring that the project is delivered in record time.
Minister of Works Engr. David Umahi gave the directive after a meeting with the Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, and the contractor handling the project, Messrs Infiouest International Limited in his office.
Umahi in a statement by his special adviser to the minister, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji said, “We have been monitoring this project almost every week, and so we insisted that we must do a meeting with the MD of Infiouest who has the contract of these sections, lot 1, which is N252bn and lot 2 which is basically in Kaduna, 82 kilometres by 2 that is 164 kilometres costing the federal government N502bn, so altogether to complete all the sections from Abuja down to Kaduna, down Kano is costing the government N754bn.
He directed Infiouest, to deploy on four sections and ensure steady work progress.
He also ordered the Engineer representative to relocate to Kaduna and monitor strictly the progress of the project and feed him back on daily basis.
He assured the governor that the progress and quality of work would be tracked with a view to achieving delivery in record time.
“I want to assure you that the President is very highly concerned to get this project done.
But the quality of using the same standard of coastal highway is something that our brothers and sisters in the North will never forget President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his love and commitment towards the development of every part of this country,” he added.
The governor of Kaduna State speaking after the meeting, expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the meeting and the quality of the job being done on the project.
He said he had no doubt that in the next two weeks, the contractor should be able to record commendable milestones given the quality of the meeting held with the Minister of Works and the contractor handling the job.
He further stated that the road is a very important transport corridor that connects not only the economic corridors of the North West but also that of the North Central and the North East
