The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has expressed displeasure with the state of the Central Metro Rail Station and the Kukwaba stations, warning that he will not tolerate excuses.
Wike stated this when he inspected the Metro Train Station in the Central Business District and the Kukwaba II Station in Piwoyi District.
The minister said he was not happy with the state of insecurity at the central station and the engineering design of the Kukwaba station, adding that the contractors would have to work round the clock to be able to ensure the delivery of the projects by the given deadline of May 24.
He said, “When we first visited the metro station I discovered that there were many security lapses, and I remember when I first came after our inauguration, I did say that we have to work on the issue of security by putting up the fence around the metro station to ward off criminals, but unfortunately that has not been done.
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“To my surprise, it was discovered that the contract was not even awarded to CCECC; it is a different contract awarded by the FCT, and this is my first time hearing that, and we are going to take it up immediately to see that it is being put in place.
“We must also talk about the kind of vandalisation and stealing that are going on there. We have security companies that were awarded contracts to secure those areas, yet things are happening. Excuses are being given on how security agencies release those that are caught but for me, that is not enough, and we are going to make sure that we have a different method to be adopted, to see that we can’t continue to give excuses every day. I have also directed that all the stations must be cleaned and also all the necessary things there must be provided. There’s no room for excuses at all.”
On whether the state of work at the stations could affect the May 24, deadline, the minister said he was not a pessimist and expressed hope that the projects would be ready before May, noting that companies handling the projects must speed up work.
