V.P Residence Abandoned after N7bn Spent

        

The official Mansion meant for the vice President of Nigeria has been abandon left surrounded by weeds after the previous Government Spent N7bn.
The Federal Capital Development Authority FCDA abandon the project after the 7th Assembly refused to inflate the contract by N9bn


The builders have not been fully paid, why they were been short changed is not clear,since the project has not reached 80% completion contrary to what is been presented to the Senate by the FCDA.
The Contract of the construction was awarded 2009,by 2012 the FCT Minister,Bala Mohammed  approached the senate with additional N9bn request,with a variation to accommodate a Helipad that outrage the public.
An Amount that was later reduce to N6bn by the Bureau of Public Procurement.the variation was also meant to provide furniture, fencing, two additional protocol guest houses, a banquet hall and security gadgets.
 Senate Committee on FCT as at then, led by Senator Smart Adeyemi, however, rejected the request for the variation, which was more than 100 per cent. saying the project was “indefensible”.
The abandoned residence has been overtaken by weed and reptiles are moving Freely within.