Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, is excited that contractors handling the 3,000 capacity Maximum Custodian centre in Karshi, Abuja have done well given the funds available.
Aregbesola, assured that similar projects that are almost completed and ready for commissioning at the end of this year by the President includes that of Kano, Rivers and others.
Aregbesola expressed satisfaction while fielding questions from journalists at the project site saying, “When compared with the amount released so far and what was on ground, the contractors have done well.”
According to a statement made available to the NPO Reports by Deputy Director of Press, Afonja Fatai Ajibola, the minister was quoted as ensuring that for speedy completion of the work, special intervention would be sought adding that releases from budget usually cannot be relied upon for the completion of the project.
He, however, said the project consists of special facilities for difficult inmates as well as facilities for inmates with lesser crimes for both male and female.
Aregbesola said the approval of the project was granted in 2017 by President Muhammad Buhari’s Administration.