FCT Minister Inspects Paiko-Ibwa Road Project
By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja
FCT minister Nyesom Wike said rural farmers will soon a sigh of relief to bring their farm produce to the market in the city after completion of rural roads in the territory under the supervision of the satellite towns department agency.
Wike, stated this when he inspected the ongoing construction of the stretch 9 kilometer Paiko-Ibwa road by a construction firm, Setraco Nigeria Limited in Gwagwalada area council of the FCT on Monday.
“It’s obvious that before now, rural farmers in the FCT find it difficult to transport their farm produce to the market, but with the ongoing Paiko-Ibwa road after completion, rural farmers will have some sigh of relief in transporting their farm produce to the market,” he said.
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He said it was interesting that the Paiko-Ibwa road is one of the rural roads that the Satellite towns department has directed for its completion at the appropriate time, even as he said he believed in the contractor will complete the road project by December as promised.
He commended the chairman of Gwagwalada area council, Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin Giri for his support to the contactor handling the road project, saying people of Ibwa community will be ones to feel the impact of the road after completion.
The minister, however, his administration is fully prepared to turn things around that impact positively on the lives of every residents of the FCT, which he said on line with the renewed hope agenda of the APC led administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Our correspondent report that Senator Philip Aduda and some top officials of the FCDA, including the director of STDA were in the entourage of the minister during the road project inspection.
Also speaking, the council chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin Giri, expressed satisfaction with the Setraco Nigeria Limited, the company handling the road project.
He said said quality being carried out by the firm has justified confidence people of the council has for the company, even as commended the minister for his ongoing rural transformation across the territory.
Our correspondent report that the senate minority leader of the 9th senate, Senator Philip Aduda and some top officials of the FCDA, including the director of STDA were in the entourage of the minister during the road project inspection.
