Nyesom Wike says the administration will pay N825.8 million as compensation to residents affected by the proposed construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Wike spoke in Abuja on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the end of a closed-door meeting with members of the Jiwa community and other stakeholders.
He added that as part of the incentive, 12 people from the community would be employed by the ministry of aviation and aerospace development and its agencies, while 10 would be employed by FCTA.He said the government would also construct the Tunga Madaki bridge alongside a 5km road leading from the bridge to the community for easy movement of the people.He said that FCTA would equally provide a modern health facility to provide quality health care services for people of the community.
“If that is done today, and tomorrow or next tomorrow the money is paid to them, contractors will no longer delay. They have to move to the site immediately and commence work,” he saidWike said the current administration was determined to ensure that the second runway was delivered. Meribole said the project was awarded to four contractors in April, with CCECC Nigeria Limited as the major contractor.
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