NASS Complex Renovation Won’t Be Completed Before August – FCDA

The Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) has said that the National Assembly complex will not be ready till August, despite pressure for the remodelling of the complex to be completed before the inauguration of the 10th Assembly.
Executive Secretary of FCDA, Engr. Shehu  Ahmad, who made this known during a press briefing on Wednesday, explained that the enormity of work required for a world-class parliament building was such that should not be rushed, to avoid past mistakes, and deliver excellent lasting results.
Shehu disclosed that in the course of the N19 billion renovation, remodeling, air-conditioning, and furnishings works, the FCDA team had visited some of the world’s best parliamentary structures including the 17th Century parliament building in Rome and that of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium.
According to him, the comfort and convenience of parliamentarians in the two chambers – the Senate and House of Representatives – were of paramount importance for smooth legislative duties.
The Executive Secretarysecretary, who noted that the Authority has never had it so good under the FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, disclosed that multi-billion naira projects under his supervision were given approvals by the recent Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings.
He disclosed that barely two weeks ago, approval was granted for the provision of engineering infrastructure to Maitama 2, a new District created by the FCT Minister during his first tenure in office.
The N184billion project awarded to Dantata and Sawoe, with 24-month competition period, will necessitate the commencement of the development of a Diaspora City, which is contiguous to the new district.
He stated that the FCT Administration was working on providing access road to Maitama 2, by extending Ring 1 to 10-lane Expressway up to Nasarawa State and getting the State to also construct its end, assuring that the developments would provide an alternative route and resolve the perennial traffic situation on the Abuja-Keffi route.