SENATE TASKS CONTRACTOR ON SPEEDY COMPLETION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX

The Senate, giving the construction firm handling the N30billion renovation works at the National Assembly Complex, a marching order on speedy completion and delivery of the projects.

This is as the Site Engineer of the firm, Visible Concepts, Tajudeen Olanipekun, demanded for more mobilization funds for the project.
The Senate gave the contractor a marching order during an on-the-spot assessment of the renovation works by Senate Committee on FCT in company of the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority Shehu Hadi Ahmad.

Recall that FCDA had in March this year, after public outcry by lawmakers over the level of dilapidation of National Assembly Complex, awarded contract for rehabilitation of critical segments of the parliament building like the Hallowed Chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Dome in the White House segment, as well as construction of office of National Assembly Service Commission and Library at the cost of N30bilion naira.

Furthermore, the contractor handling the projects, which were to be delivered in phases between January and August 2023, was given N9billion mobilization fee as disclosed by the FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, in June this year during the first on-the-spot assessment tour by the Senate Committee on FCT.

However, the latest oversight visit carried out by the Senator Smart Adeyemi-led committee today, saw members of the Senate committee expressing worry at the slow space of work.