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"VP Residence Project was approved in 2010 at N7biilion" - Wike



The minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, Nyesome Wike has said during a Press Parley that the housing project for the vice president had been awarded since 2010 to Julius Berger at N7billion.

The FCT minister further explained that this project was one among many others that have been abandoned. He said "For me, whether it is the vice president or not, the fact that it is a public project, why do you have to abandon it? In fact, the leadership of the national assembly, also by Julius Berger, abandoned. And when I looked at the cost I said we can't take on all these together."

In regards to the house for the vice president, the minister believes that this is one of the projects which the President can commission for his one year in office. He said "This was one of the projects that i felt that the president will be able to commission. And Julius Berger said, if you pay us the money, i can assure you, we will deliver."

Recall that the government in 2023 awarded the sum of N15billion towards the construction of a new official residence for the vice president.


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