Wassa District: FCT Minister Inspect Apo-Karshi Road Project.

By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja.

As part of efforts to ensure the development of the Wassa District of the FCT, the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Muhammad Musa Bello, on Saturday, undertook an extensive tour of projects being carried out in the district including the Apo-Karshi road.

The Minister, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Anthony Ogulewe, Bello was accompanied by senior members of staff of the relevant departments and agencies of the FCTA.

He said the minister received briefs from the project contractors as well as the site engineers and other relevant personnel.

He said the acting Coordinator of the Satellite Towns Development Department (STDD), Engineer Felix Nwankwo, who spoke at the end of the tour, said that a greater proportion of the work has been completed , noting that with the release of funds by the FCTA, the completion of the entire project was imminent.

According to him, the Apo Karshi road was being constructed in two sections by two contractors, saying the first section which is 13.5 KM in length, 8.5 KM has been asphalted starting from the Wassa community, leading up to a section bounded by a hill.

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“The active area we are dealing with now is 1 kilometer, which is the hill portion. And wee are reducing the hill and then filling the two locations of the valley to raise it up to the required profile. That’s what the contractor is currently doing. It’s a massive work because it requires a lot of earthworks”, he said.

He also revealed that the second section of the road, which was 1.8 kilometers in length is being constructed as a part of the Karshi Waterworks Project, which he said was equally on-going.

The minister, therefore, charged the contractors and FCTA officials to ensure that good quality work, for which the FCT is known, was delivered.

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In the entourage of the minister, were the Permanent Secretary FCTA, Mr Olusade Adesola, the Chief of Staff to the Minister, Malam Bashir Mai-Bornu, the Director of Engineering Services of the FCDA Engr Obiora Ezua, Director of Land Administration, TPL Adamu Hussaini Jubril amongst other senior members of staff of the FCTA.