Senate Summons FCT Minister, Julius Berger over Airport Road Contract

The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), headed by Senator Smart Adeyemi, has summoned the Minister of the FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed and Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, which is handling the construction of a portion of the Abuja airport road to appear after the Easter holiday over open drainages on the road.

 

Senator Adeyemi, made the disclosure when he led the committee on a tour of the on-going construction of the expressway. He noted that despite the huge sum of the contract, the drainages were left open, thereby causing fatal accidents daily.

 

“There is no city in the world where drainages are left opened,” he said. “Even in many states where you have projects, you are not doing open culverts, so, why in the FCT? This constitutes hazard, it is a death trap and we must sit down and talk on the likely solution.”

 

He said though the quality of work on the road was commendable, the contractor had to device means of covering the open drains.