The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, has assured that residents affected by the construction of Arterial Road N5, from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III will be compensated.
Wike made the pledge after inspecting some ongoing projects at Life Camp, Katampe, and International Conference Centre in Abuja on Monday.
Recall that the Minister had on October 25, inaugurated the construction of the 4-kilometre six lane dual carriageway from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III, somewhere in Ido-Gwari.
The Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III road project is the continuation of Arterial Road N5, also named Obafemi Awolowo Way.
The road, when completed, will connect the districts of Kado, Karmo, Gwarimpa I, Dape, Ido-Gwari, as well as Saburi and Dei Dei.
After inspecting the ongoing project, the minister noted that some cash crops and a number of houses along the road corridor would be affected.
He assured that in the two days, the communities of those who own some crops and those who would lose their houses or part of their structures would be compensated.
“What we went to do at Life Camp has to do, majorly, with some crops and some small number of houses that we need to pay compensation for, but if it requires relocating them, we’ll do; if it requires just compensation we’ll do, depending on what is feasible.
“What is important to us is that we are working together with the various communities to solve the problem,” he said.
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