RSG Approves N10.1bn For New Legislative Quarters

The Rivers State Executive Council has given approval for the construction of a new House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt at the cost of N10.1billion.
The new legislative quarters, which is expected to provide members of the state House of Assembly standard accommodation, is expected to be completed within 16 months.
The approval for the construction of the new legislative quarters was given during the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting presided over by Governor Nyesom Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt, last Friday.
Briefing journalists shortly after the SEC meeting, the Commissioner for Housing, Elder Chinedu Tasie, said the new Assembly Quarters would be built at the same old site that the former one was constructed.
Tasie explained that the project comprises of 32 number 4-bedroom duplexes as against the other block of flats now considered to be obsolete.
The commissioner said that two-room boys’ quarters would be attached to each of the duplexes.
According to him, other features of the new legislative quarters include: a multipurpose hall, green area, security accommodation, guard office, gate houses and network of roads and underground drainages.
“It has been awarded to an indigenous company, Lubriks Construction Company, to undertake the project for a period of 16 months, and the contract sum approved is N10.1billion”.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, said the approval for the construction was a further demonstration of government’s determination to ensure that the legislative arm in the state enjoys decent accommodation and to also boost the synergy that exist between the two arms of government.