The Federal Government has awarded a contract for the emergency repairs of the Abuja-Kaduna dual carriageway, a statement from the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has said.
The statement, which was signed by the Director of Information in the Ministry, Bisi Agbonhin, said that the contract was awarded sequel to the planned usage of the Kaduna International Airport for flights in and out of Abuja, while the runaway of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, undergoes rehabilitation works.
The contract for the emergency repairs of the 164-Kilometre road was awarded to Messrs CGC at a cost of N1,058,958,958.54 (One billion, fifty-eight million, nine hundred and fifty-eight thousand, nine hundred and fifty-eight naira, fifty-four kobo), with a completion period of 50 days.
The statement said procurement processes for the award of the contract for the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kano Dual Carriageway, which had earlier been captured in the 2016 Budget, were on-going and would be awarded as soon as a “Certificate of No Objection” was received from the Bureau for Public Procurement
