Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has expressed displeasure over the state of the Central Metro Rail Station and the Kukwaba stations, warning that he would not tolerate excuses.
The minister stated this when he inspected the Metro Train Station in the Central Business District, and the Kukwaba II station in the Piwoyi District.
Wike disclosed that he was unhappy 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 project by the given deadline of May 24.
“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.
“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 vandalization and stealing that is 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.
