The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has assured that necessary funding will be provided for the rehabilitation of the Abuja metro station, to make it functional.
Wike in a statement issued Wednesday by the Director of Press, Anthony Ogunleye, gave the assurance shortly after undertaking an inspection tour of the rail mass transit infrastructure in the nation’s capital.
The minister noted that President Bola Tinubu appointed ministers to solve problems and not make excuses.
He emphasised that everything possible would be done to ensure that the Abuja metro system is completed and put into use.
The minister was of the opinion that it was important to concentrate on specific lots of the ongoing rail mass transit system in the FCT and get them completed, especially in parts of the city where the traffic is heavy in order to decongest the roads.
Wike stated: “When I assumed office, I said we have short term deliverables, we have medium and long term. Transport is one of those things that we can do in order to reduce the level of traffic within the city and we know that we have this metro station here and it’s not working. Why is it not working? Can we fix it within the short term so that people will say yes, this is now working.”
“So, our position is that whatever it is, the company that it has been awarded, we will sit down to say for how long do you think you can complete this and then ask ourselves, do we have the resources to make sure that we don’t come back to explain to members of the public, this is why it was not finished.”
“So, I can assure the public, this is one project we must take to logical conclusion. It is not going to be a project we just abandon. Let’s complete this before we go to other lots.”