{"id":242296,"date":"2026-04-13T19:18:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/no-reason-to-sanction-contractor-over-damaged-kugbo-bus-terminal-says-wike\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:18:30","slug":"no-reason-to-sanction-contractor-over-damaged-kugbo-bus-terminal-says-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/no-reason-to-sanction-contractor-over-damaged-kugbo-bus-terminal-says-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"No reason to sanction contractor over damaged Kugbo bus terminal, says Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike<\/span><\/span> has said there is no basis to sanction the contractor handling the Kugbo bus terminal project.<\/p>\n

Wike said the damage to the facility was caused by a windstorm and not structural failure, stating that only the roof of the terminal was affected.<\/p>\n

The minister said the facility\u2019s elevated location made it vulnerable to strong winds during heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n

His words: \u201cThe kind of wind we saw, we have never imagined. Remember, that the bus terminal at Kugbo is on top of the hill and it is higher than all the buildings you see there. That wind blew off the roofing sheets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did not use ordinary wood for the roof. They used steel. To tell you how strong that wind was, it took off all the roofing sheets. But it did not affect the main structure. It\u2019s just the roofing sheet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy will I sanction them? Assuming the building collapsed, then I will talk about sanctioning the contractor. But this is nature. There was nothing the contractor could have done to avert that incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike expressed satisfaction with progress on key projects across the FCT, revealing that\u00a0the contractor handling the OSEX main carriageways assured that the project would be ready for commissioning in May.<\/p>\n

Wike said work on roads in Gaduwa district is nearing completion and\u00a0street lighting works are ongoing in the area.<\/p>\n

Wike thanked President Bola Tinubu<\/span><\/span> for facilitating the relocation of Apo mechanic traders, saying: \u201cPrevious governments promised the Apo Mechanic traders that they are going to relocate them from where they are but didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank God that this administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu <\/a>has been able to fulfill it. I\u2019m sure that everybody is happy that the Apo Mechanics will leave where they are and come to this place.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are providing the infrastructure needed and you have also seen that the company, China Geo-Engineering Construction (CGC) has promised that by the end of May, it would have been completed and then we start working on how the informal sector and Apo Mechanic village will move into the place.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has said there is no basis to sanction the contractor handling the Kugbo bus terminal project. Wike said the damage to the facility was caused by a windstorm and not structural failure, stating that only the roof of the terminal was affected. The minister said the facility\u2019s elevated location made it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":242297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[760,3359,220],"class_list":["post-242296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-abuja","tag-damaged-kugbo-bus-terminal","tag-nyesom-wike"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672680358_951540423913251_2909735218301874995_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}