Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has promised to compensate communities impacted by the ongoing building of Arterial Road N5, which runs from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III.
Wike made the guarantee after reviewing projects at Life Camp, Katampe, and the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Monday.
On October 25, the Minister commissioned the building of a 4-kilometre, six-lane dual highway connecting Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III in Ido-Gwari.
After observing the current works, the former Rivers State Governor stated that certain cash crops and some residences along the road corridor will be impacted.
Wike, on the other hand, pledged that the communities of those who own some crops and those who would lose their homes or parts of their buildings would be reimbursed within the next two days.
He said:
“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.”
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