More than three years after the federal government awarded the contract to rehabilitate 118.9km Keffi-Nasarawa-Toto Road in Nasarawa State, the project has been abandoned.
Findings by LEADERSHIP indicated that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved N36.130 billion for road rehabilitation in April 2022 under the immediate past administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
It was gathered that the contract was awarded to a Chinese firm, Messrs Wizchino Engineering Limited, with a completion time of 24 months.
A few weeks after the contract award, Wizchino Engineering Limited commenced skeletal works from the Keffi axis of the road but halted work due to the federal government’s failure to release the funds for the project.
It was also learnt that a few months after waiting in vain for funds, the contractor moved its equipment and abandoned the site altogether.
Further investigation revealed that N200 million was allocated for the road in the Federal Ministry of Works’ budget in 2022.
