Project: Reps Say Berger Overloaded, As Abuja-Kano Road Collapses Amid Delay - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 16, 2019
The situation of the 375 kilometersAbuja-Kano road, which passes through Kaduna and Zaria towns, has deteriorated,even as reconstruction of the dual carriage highway is suffering fromunnecessary delay.
Diverse explanations have been givenas to why the project is slow, including alleged poor funding by the federalgovernment, occasioned by failure of the contractor, Julius Berger Nigeria, to deployenough equipment and manpower to fast-track the reconstruction of the road.
The House of RepresentativesCommittee on Works, led by Abubakar Kabir Abubakar had debated on theconstruction giant handling the project, for subjecting Nigerians to hardshipwhile plying the road and threatened to split the contract and bring on boardother contractors to hasten its completion.
The Federal Executive Council, FEC,had in December 2017 approved the contract for the reconstruction of the road,but work commenced in July 2018 at the sum of 155 billion naira, with aprojected completion period of 36 months.