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It stated, “The Federal Government has tasked Julius Berger (Nig.) Plc on the need to fast-track the completion of the rehabilitation of the 82km Section II of the Abuja – Kaduna – Zaria – Kano Dual Carriageway in FCT, Kaduna, and Kano states and the construction of the Bodo – Bonny road with bridges across the Opobo Channel, Route 430 in Rivers State.

“The Federal Executive Council at its meeting on September 23, 2024, approved the re-scoping and downward review of the contract for the rehabilitation of the Abuja – Kaduna – Zaria – Kano dual carriageway in the FCT, Kaduna and Kano States, contract No. 6350 and the revised estimated total cost/augmentation of the contract for the construction of Bodo-Bonny road with bridges across the Opobo channel, route 430 in Rivers State, contract No. 6247, amounting to a total contract sum of N740,797,204,713.25 and N80,076,361,036.13.”

The minister tasked the contractors handling the Federal Government’s projects on the need for corporate nationalism in price negotiation in the face of Nigeria’s daunting economic challenges.

He said “Then we have section II, which is 82km by two, which is the section that JBN Plc (Julius Berger) is working on. And so, if you check what FEC approved on the 23rd of September, FEC had approved that the total contract sum within the scope of Berger would be N740bn, which means that if you remove N391bn paid already, you now have about N340bn remaining, which is the scope of their work for the 164km.”

He urged the contractor to mobilize in the four sections of the Abuja – Zaria – Kaduna – Kano project to finish the job within 14 months.

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