Few days to the end of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned and handed over Federal Secretariat Complex Awka, Anambra State, among other legacy projects.
The secretariat project named after the first Nigerian female Engineer and Head of Service, Engineer Ebele Okeke, is located at plot S/6, Executive Business District Layout, Awka, Awka South Local Government Area, and situated on a five point one zero six hectares of land.
It was awarded on nineth December, 2011 at initial contract sum of N2,561,268,866.56, and later revised to N3,617, 863,070.29 in August 2020.
The new secretariat complex has facilities such as four hundred and ninety-eight office spaces, exhibition hall, banking hall, post office, reception, conference hall, four committee rooms, and three hundred parking spaces.
It also has lift facilities, standby power generating set, solar power supply, well lay out parking spaces and drainages, staff canteen, solar lights, fire hydrant, among others.
In his remarks before commissioning the projects, President Buhari described them as symbol of effort and commitment of his administration to renew, upgrade and expand development infrastructure across the country, reduce cost of governance and improve service delivery, even as the administration comes to an end in days’ time.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, who thanked President Buhari for the support to render services to Nigerians, said the projects will help in achieving sustainable development.
The contractor who handled the Anambra secretariat complex, Chief Cosmas Agagbo, said quality was the watchword in executing the project, and called for maintenance as at when due.
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, commissioned the Anambra secretariat complex on behalf of President Buhari while the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, represented Governor Chukwuma Soludo at the event.
Former Deputy Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Prince Chukwudi Orizu, also represented Engineer Ebele Okeke at the event.
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