Contractor says NIS headquarters Dutse gulped N147.15m
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Construction
By Abdullahi Shugaba
Dutse, Feb. 22, 2018 (NAN) Alhaji Nasiru Dangabi, Managing Director of Kanadhi Global Links Ltd., the firm that constructed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) headquarters, Dutse, said that the project had gulped N147.15 million.
Dangabi, managing director of the company, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Dutse.
He said that the project, which was awarded to his firm in December 2016, was completed in October 2017.
According to the managing director, the building was handed over to the NIS after inspection and approval by Alhaji Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller-General of the Agency.
“I am happy, the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau, has now inaugurated the office, describing it as the best in the country.
“The work was awarded to our company in two phases; the first phase was the construction of the main building, which cost N129, 003,620.
“Phase two cost N18, 152, 91, 50, which takes care of provision of water, linking the office to national grid, landscaping and quarter guard.”
Dangabi said that he did his best not to compromise standards, so that the edifice will stand the test of time. (NAN)
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Edited by Folorunso Poroye/Felix Ajide