ENSURE TIMELY COMPLETION OF APPEAL COURT OFFICE COMPLEX PROJECT”, WIKE CHARGES CONTRACTOR 

By: Prudence Okonna

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has charged the contractor working on the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal office complex to ensure its timely completion by September this year.

The Minister made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, during an inspection visit to the project site in Dakibiyu, Jabi District, to ascertain the progress and quality of work.

Barr. Wike, who did not seem impressed with what he saw at the site, urged the contractor to expedite action, assuring that the necessary funding would be made available.

Fielding questions from journalists on the possibility of the project being completed on time, the Minister said, “I am afraid, very afraid, but the contractor has said we will achieve it”.

The Minister, while reacting to the request for ‘enough funding’ by the contractor, said the word ‘enough’ was very ambiguous, stressing that he had promised to pay the contractor by next week.

Turning to the contractor, Barr. Wike asked, “What do you mean by enough funds? Because no funds can be enough. You promised me that this job will be completed by September and I told you that you will be paid latest by next week, and you said, that yes, by September you will handover. So, I don’t want to hear the grammar of this ‘enough’ funds”.

The Minister, in the company of the Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr. Richard Yunana Dauda and other officials of the FCTA, was on the site for a routine inspection.