By Tobias Lengnan Dapam & Etuka Sunday
Managing Director (M.D), Road Development Company, Nura J. Mohammed, handling the Lugbe relocation market project, has said that the project of the market is almost completed.
Muhammed who expressed delight with the cooperation of the traders in the market, said, "The project is almost 40-50 per cent completed, what makes me even happier is the response of the traders in the market. They have been very cooperative.
He said that that the traders made his work less challenging, saying that the calendar date for the project which was one year is coming to an end before the date line, owing to the cooperation of the traders.
The managing director revealed that the 2.5 billion project which involved fencing of the market, structures and other facilities will soon come to an end before the end of the year.
On his part, the market Chairman, Alhaji Bawa Garba, who expressed delight with the ongoing project, averred that the traders would assist the contractors to the end of the project as promised before the commencement of the project.
Garba appealed to AMAC to provide water in the area, saying water scarcity poses great challenge to people in the area.
Also expressing satisfaction with the project, AMAC Supervisory councillor, barrister Alex Edem, said that the council was very impressed about the pace of the work and the quality of work carried out by the contractor.
"I want to encourage them to do more and I want to assure them that the council will continue to give them the necessary support they desire.
"The plan of this administration is to transform the area council by way of economic development. The first thing we want to do is to empower people. This is only one of such projects like this. We have Nyanya market of international standard, utako motor park, Jabi Motor Park, we have already concluded negotiation with the FCT administration and in a short while, the international motor park will commence.
"We also have the karu, kabusa market and karshi market which will all be developed to international standard. We have series of projects at least one in each of the electoral wards of the AMAC".
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