The federal government has told construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria plc to fast-track the completion of the rehabilitation of the 82-kilometre section ii of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-kano dual carriageway and the construction of the Bodo-bonnyroad with bridges across the Opobo channel, route 430 in rivers state.
the minister of works, David Umahi in a statement by his special adviser on media, Uchenna Orji, during a meeting with Julius Berger said the government could not continually negotiate over the same projects and urged for the completion of the projects within 14 months.
the minister also stressed the need for contractors handling federal government’s projects to exhibit corporate nationalism in price negotiation in the face of the daunting economic challenges facing the country.